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Is this normal for P.metallica? Is this species sexually dimorphic (sp), and could it be a male? (I have no experience or a lot of knowledge about Poecilotheria, but this made me curious)="Blue Jaye, post: 2570691, memght!!! It's hard not to be a bit bummed. She was 5 1/2 inches in the first pic. She might be just at 6 inches now maybe a little over. But the color change. Almost like she took a bunt from the ugly stick.
I'm not sure if all of them do. Several of the ones I've seen that I knew to be older were a darker black with purple highlights. Like this photo from @Austin S.Doesn't this species turn black with age?
Poecilotheria metallica (color not altered)
that is pretty. I need mine to get old now.I'm not sure if all of them do. Several of the ones I've seen that I knew to be older were a darker black with purple highlights. Like this photo from @Austin S.
I'd sell my grandma's liver for the 3rd one. She's absolutely stonking.Some believe it to be true that females darken with age. I am somewhat a believer in that, as most I have owned turn darker with age, except for one.
This certain female (the one quoted above), is older than all of the below mature females, by at least two years/3 molts.
Here are my other females, all freshly molted pictures. All females are 5.5-7" and are all over the age of 5.