Giant True Spiders?

[Stefan2209]

That spider scares me . I hope someday soon Phoneutria sp. become available in the US hobby.

Hi,

scares you? Thought you´d be looking for something "big", these can even grow bigger...

Phoneutria ARE already in the US.

However, to my knowledge limited to P. keyserlingi and extremely rare and even more high - priced if you even manage to find one for sale.

I´m not aware of any breeding projects going on in the US. To my experience, i have to admit too, this species is rather difficult to reproduce....

You might want to check back with user "Reptist" (if i remember this correct), check his avatar picture....

Also with Mike Jacobi who had offered some for sale this year. Be warned though, that Mike will definitely want you to prove that you are knowledgeable about such dangerous species, before considering selling some.

(And to my personal opinion he´s def right to do so, P. keyserlingi is NOT a beginners Phoneutria...)

Take care.

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[padkison]

Dolomedes tenebrosus is very common in the states and gets to about 3.5-4" legspan. Here's one sitting at the bottom of a delicup and on bark. Easy to keep.

 

[Stefan2209]

Dolomedes tenebrosus gets to about 3.5-4" legspan.

UNBELIEVABLE!

Such big....

... and i thought this thread ´d be about "giant" spiders....

Well.... :8o

Greetings,

Stefan

 

[Sarvoth]

Hi,

scares you? Thought you´d be looking for something "big", these can even grow bigger...

Phoneutria ARE already in the US.

However, to my knowledge limited to P. keyserlingi and extremely rare and even more high - priced if you even manage to find one for sale.

I´m not aware of any breeding projects going on in the US. To my experience, i have to admit too, this species is rather difficult to reproduce....

You might want to check back with user "Reptist" (if i remember this correct), check his avatar picture....

Also with Mike Jacobi who had offered some for sale this year. Be warned though, that Mike will definitely want you to prove that you are knowledgeable about such dangerous species, before considering selling some.

(And to my personal opinion he´s def right to do so, P. keyserlingi is NOT a beginners Phoneutria...)

Take care.

Greetings,

Stefan

Thanks for the info, I hoped you'd post. I was a lurker for quite some time before I registered and I've seen some of your pictures and posts in the past.

And I'm not really scared , that spider is MASSSSSIVE. I love it, beautiful.

Dolomedes tenebrosus is very common in the states and gets to about 3.5-4" legspan. Here's one sitting at the bottom of a delicup and on bark. Easy to keep.

Dolomedes tenebrosus was already on my to-get list, thanks for the pictures and reply!

-Brandon