From Spiderling to Maturity - Avicularia diversipes

[mcluskyisms]

Thought this would be a cool idea for a thread...

Ive had this guy just 13 months or so now, he was bought as a 1cm sling and is now a 5" MM. I thought seen as though I took photos of him throughout his life it would be pretty cool to document them with moulting timescales.

• 25/02/10 - 10mm
• 16/03/10 - 15mm
• 09/04/10 - 1"
• 30/05/10 - 2"
• 02/08/10 - 3"
• 09/09/10 - 3.5"
• 06/11/10 - 4"
• 11/01/11 - 4.5"
• 21/03/11 - 5"

Anyway, here's some snaps of him growing...

25/02/10 Spiderling

09/04/10

02/08/10 Juvenile

11/01/11 Sub Adult

21/03/11 Mature Male

 

[rockrox1]

thats a great record keeping!!! Im also doing that to my smithi and geniculata but i guess it would take time though. Just got into the hobby last november...

 

[astraldisaster]

Great photos, thanks for sharing! This makes me even more excited to watch my two little diversipes slings grow.

 

[forhorsmn]

Small sling to MM in just over a year? That seems really fast. Were you power feeding or does this species just have a naturally short life span?

 

[mcluskyisms]

Small sling to MM in just over a year? That seems really fast. Were you power feeding or does this species just have a naturally short life span?

I power fed from sling to 1" then only offered appropriate sized prey items once a week to fortnightly from then on. That and the fact that I find most Avicularia males very fast growers, 13 months doesn't sound that unrealistic for this species.

 

[forhorsmn]

Oh okay. I'm not really familiar with avic's. Great photos by the way

 

[Bumblingbear]

Great op.

I'm motivated now to take pics of my spiders next week to document their growth.

I have an A. Diversipes and Monocentropus Balfouri in particular that the locals in the hobby around my area are eager to see mature.