Grammostola Iheringi!

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Wow, mine has never spun anything near that. Over time there is a sheet on occasion, but never anything close to that Keith. I can't believe they are the same species....lol. Yours looks just like mine otherwise. ;)
 

Keith B

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Wow, mine has never spun anything near that. Over time there is a sheet on occasion, but never anything close to that Keith. I can't believe they are the same species....lol. Yours looks just like mine otherwise. ;)
Well I think mine is because I pissed her off a bit, but she's always been unique. In the previous setup she dug a 12" long x 6" deep burrow using her log as a starting point. Over a year ago, I saw springtails and panicked because I didn't know they were harmless at the time, and I rehoused her, also trying a different substrate. She HATED the substrate, at least I think (not to mention I destroyed her beautiful burrow), and didn't do much at all for months. She also hasn't been handleable ever since, total personality shift. Then the webbing started. I think she just accepted it and webbed it over heavily. She's fine now that it's webbed over, and I'm about to feed her. She's overdue for a rehouse, but we're moving soon so I'm waiting it out, so I only have to enrage her once lol. HOWEVER, when she was content and burrowing in the previous enclosure she was still a heavy webber. But this is about twice as thick as before.
 

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Get a mature adult female Rose Hair then. Bused you again buddy, sorry! :p Webs everywhere she goes. Used to web my hands together back in my handling days lol.
You can't use G.rosea/porter in comparisonsi at all, as HUGE temper/behaviour variations exist within the species.
 

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You can't use G.rosea/porter in comparisonsi at all, as HUGE temper/behaviour variations exist within the species.
Quite frankly - that's not seldom for any Grammostola spp. - the whole genus has a reputation for being "moody". Just something owners have to accept :) I personally don't mind, although my pulchripes is mostly extremely docile, she has her moments where she's outright mean (like the time a few days ago when I opened her enclosure to refill her waterdish and she threw me an instant threat-posture. :D *shrugs*

To be fair: Behavior changes can happen with any T, no matter the genus. The fun-fact is simply that Grammostola spp. are famous for it, because they are suggested as a beginner spider, resulting in those people starting with them to worry / ask questions when they act differently suddenly :D

On topic: G. iheringi are insanely beautiful, indeed. A breeder friend of mine has one that is indeed very docile.
 

Keith B

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You can't use G.rosea/porter in comparisonsi at all, as HUGE temper/behaviour variations exist within the species.
Huge variations exist in the genus in general like Storm said. I used "Rose Hair" because Viper used the term. While G. rosea is the "true Rose Hair", they're still both sold as "Rose Hairs" by many vendors.
Since I have no idea which of the two he really has, and most people seemingly still call their G. porteris "G. rosea", I took the common road.

I've had several porteri, and this is the only one that webbed heavy, and the only female.
 
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