ha,ha, i had her from a 2nd moult sling, she wasnt especially powerfed. Its a combination of genetics, she was a typical size when she was about 8 years old, 5.5 inches or so but has grown a bit with each annual moult, very slowly but very surely!!What were you feedin' her? Miracle Gro?
very nice, very nice!:clap:
shes actually 7 1/4 almost dead on. After the moult i'd say she will be 7 1/3 with a 32mm carapace. Im not sure how much longer she will live but if she gets to 25 with say another 3 moults she could get to 7.5-7.75. I wonder what the max size is for a smithi? im sure with time a genetically large specimen could get to 8 inches with a carapace of 33-34mm although that will take decades, a pamphobeteus can get that big in 3 years.
Maybe you should take that titan and mate her with larger males and try to breed super smithi's. In a few generations you'd get some huge breeding stock. I'd love to see one that's 9 inches.
sorry. Jr. High humor...
that would be nice, alas shes in the UK and i live in teh USA so any breeding would be very difficult but it would be good to get some big smithi genes into some s/lings. I remember the parent of this spider, she was also huge and very old.Maybe you should take that titan and mate her with larger males and try to breed super smithi's. In a few generations you'd get some huge breeding stock. I'd love to see one that's 9 inches.
*giggle*