Is P.Metallica a heavy webber

[seanliew04]

Is P.Metallica a heavy webber?

 

[campj]

Not especially. They typically build tube webs that they live in, and don't build webbing beyond that in my experience. As with all Poecilotheria.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

Not especially. They typically build tube webs that they live in, and don't build webbing beyond that in my experience. As with all Poecilotheria.

Tube web is a stretch lol. All mine just have dirt curtains

 

[campj]

Tube web is a stretch lol. All mine just have dirt curtains

Are they young?

 

[curtisgiganteus]

Are they young?

A few of them, all my rufilata are around 4” and my smithi are around 1” but my Ornata was close to 10” and even she just made dirt curtains.

 

[campj]

A few of them, all my rufilata are around 4” and my smithi are around 1” but my Ornata was close to 10” and even she just made dirt curtains.

Wow, crazy that the adult female was still doing it. All mine just did web tubes after hitting adulthood.

 

[paumotu]

In my experience, only within their nests. Nothing like the typical heavy webbers, GBB's, OBT, etc.

 

[MerryAdvocado]

Oh yes people always label the OBT for it's attitude, but it's a fantastic display species, they really do web lots and you'll probably see it more often than a Poecilotheria

 

[viper69]

Not IME

 

[Pyrelitha]

A few of them, all my rufilata are around 4” and my smithi are around 1” but my Ornata was close to 10” and even she just made dirt curtains.

Yeah my slings all stopped around 6inches, abandoned their curtain making and made tubes in their bark.