Species Lasiodora parahybana

[P. Novak]

woah! i cant wait till mine gets that big.

mines about .75" right now, how long do you think till it gets that big, i keep it at room temp and feed it every other day.

VERY NICE!! ahh i have no patience, grow lil guy/girl. grow! haha

 

[Scott C.]

Mine took approx. a year to get from a .25" sling to a 5.5" mature male.

 

[recluse]

I had two male G. auero's at one time for mating purposes. One male was literally 7-8 inches and the other was a mere 4 inches. I don't understand why there would be such a difference. I think Eric might be on with the pushing response.

 

[Crimsonpanther]

Big boys none the less guys !!! nice pics

 

[David_F]

I suppose the 8 others I have seen could have been pushed to maturity, i.e; kept warm and fed frequently. It's interesting that such a wide margin exists between the sizes of a species mature males.
The last male I had, which matured 3 weeks ago, was barely 4 inches.

It would make an interesting study, nonetheless.

You didn't happen to keep a record of the number of molts to maturity did you? Might be interesting to compare your numbers to those of spiders that matured at a larger size.

Good looking spider, BTW. My male is getting ready to molt and should hit about 6" with this one.

 

[solaceofwinter]

wow! most impressive

 

[Tony]

Maybe it has more to do with varied methods of measurement.....
One mans four is another mans six.

Male Measurement Syndrome eh

Eric, I would be shocked myself if a para male was Under 6".....6-7" for me so far...I hope she drops again, I want to top 2600 babies...
T

 

[David Burns]

I suppose the 8 others I have seen could have been pushed to maturity, i.e; kept warm and fed frequently. It's interesting that such a wide margin exists between the sizes of a species mature males.
The last male I had, which matured 3 weeks ago, was barely 4 inches.

It would make an interesting study, nonetheless.

I had one that went from 1" to 8+" as a mature male in about 9 months. I fed him every day at least once, and sometimes twice. He was kept at temps around 25c+. In my experience "power feeding" results in larger specimens.

 

[Philth]

This is a male im working with now. I won this in one , a few years back in one of Hoke's raffles at the ATS conferance. Eric, Id be intersted in seeing a pic of a smaller one if ya have one.

Later, Tom

 

[Wolfy72]

My big guy measured out at just a little over 9.5

 

[jbrd]

Why do people measure diagonally? :?

 

[Randolph XX()]

I had one that went from 1" to 8+" as a mature male in about 9 months. I fed him every day at least once, and sometimes twice. He was kept at temps around 25c+. In my experience "power feeding" results in larger specimens.

Hey David
the male got eaten by the female on August
was hoping she gravid, but she is in pre-molt now

 

[Zombie]

This is a male im working with now. I won this in one , a few years back in one of Hoke's raffles at the ATS conferance. Eric, Id be intersted in seeing a pic of a smaller one if ya have one.

Later, Tom

A day late Tom.
The girl the smaller 1 (4 inch) was in with ate him.
But it seems with the posts thus far that the smaller males I have seen are the exception, not the rule.
Live and learn.

 

[David Burns]

Hey David
the male got eaten by the female on August
was hoping she gravid, but she is in pre-molt now

females stop eating before they lay eggs. I wouldn't give up hope until she actually molts.

Oh, and that was a different male I was refering too.

 

[Randolph XX()]

nah, David
the bald spot of abdomen is all black now
so I am pretty sure she will be molting in a week

 

[GoTerps]

My big guy measured out at just a little over 9.5

Wolfy72, Got a ruler pic?

 

[Jmadson13]

Indeed that's quite the large Male L. parahybana, I'd love to see.

 

[ColdBloodedOne]

Size

Wow I can not wait until mine gets that big. I got to see the leg rubbing thing today as I was moving it to a new container. It was face down in the borrow shaking it's hind. It did not loose any hair though. I now know just put the small container in the big one and wait.

 

[aaronrefalo]

So here he is...its his time now to show up....my immature 6" post molt male L.parahybana....he has such a character...a bit bitey as you can see...

Aaron

1st photo shows the span of the exoskeleton...5"

 

[aaronrefalo]

some more...nice fangs.....still red....