Species Lasiodora parahybana

[solaceofwinter]

awsome, mines still about 1/4" but i think it will be male dont ask why. those area awsome looking spiders!

 

[jbrd]

Nice pics, how long have you had him/her?

 

[aaronrefalo]

I brought him on June(2005)....he was 2" long...impressive size change...bdw hes an immature male...

Aaron

 

[jbrd]

Yeah the grow really fast, i got ours on 6/1/05 at about 3/8 of an inch and with this recent molt hes is at 3 3/4 to 4 inches now, havent got a good measurement on him since his recent molt.
I cant wait till he gets to the size of yours and then some lol

 

[aaronrefalo]

yes your right they have such a character....\\

Aaron

 

[Ronj]

Just a peak of a molt. New pictures in the morning!
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Just a peak and back in she went!

 

[Mattyb]

Cool pic.


-Matty

 

[P. Novak]

dang your lucky, i wish my parahybana was that big.

mine is only .75" and last molted 11-1-05.

should be ready for a molt any day now hopefully.

i though parahybanas were fast growers? i power feed it too and its almost been two months since its molted, is that normal?

 

[Ronj]

dang your lucky, i wish my parahybana was that big.

mine is only .75" and last molted 11-1-05.

should be ready for a molt any day now hopefully.

i though parahybanas were fast growers? i power feed it too and its almost been two months since its molted, is that normal?

My parahybana will be a year old on 1-11-06. Big eater and has done very well. I take a great deal of time to correctly feed my crickets so they are nice and fat and juicy. I really think this helps. I would think that most throw in the store bought crickets and hope for the best.

Picture coming soon!

 

[P. Novak]

ya i gutload my crix too...hmmm..

whats the size of your L.parahybana now?

 

[Ronj]

ya i gutload my crix too...hmmm..

whats the size of your L.parahybana now?

She has to be close to 6" now. As soon as she comes out of the cave I will measure her and take more pictures.

 

[P. Novak]

ohh alright awesome cant wait for mine to atleast get that big! and cant wait for the pics!

 

[Ronj]

This girl molted over the holidays and came out for a drink tonight. It is the first time I have seen all of her since the molt, and I was able to get a crude measurement. The pictures are not the best as I took these in almost total darkness. I picked up this spiderling this past January so I'm pretty happy with this kinda of growth!

 

[stonemantis]

Very nice Lasiodora parahybana. Observing the picture I would say she's about 6"+ and about 1.5 years old. At least I think.

 

[evilarachnid]

That is a nice pic of your L. Parahybana, she looks really thirsty.

 

[P. Novak]

WOW under a year it grew six inches? how did you keep it!?(temps, food, etc)

 

[Ronj]

Very nice Lasiodora parahybana. Observing the picture I would say she's about 6"+ and about 1.5 years old. At least I think.

This lady is somewhere between 5 1/2" and 5 3/4", which brings up the quetion as to how you properly measure a T? As a man I am ceratain that I will tend to stretch the tape a bit. Can someone help with that? I purchased this T as a spiderling this past January at 1/2" to 3/4".

WOW under a year it grew six inches? how did you keep it!?(temps, food, etc)

The temp has been consistant at 75 degrees and humidity is maintained with a water dish made of clay. This keeps the surrounding substrate a little more moist and the encloure at 70 to 80% humidity. Crickets and some large meal worms for dinner. She took a cricket everyday for almost 3 months at one point. ALways a good eater and one of my favorites. I hope she relaxes a bit and starts to hang outside again.

 

[stonemantis]

This lady is somewhere between 5 1/2" and 5 3/4"

I stand corrected. The glare from the ruler threw me off but, now after giving it a second glance its about 5 3/4"

which brings up the quetion as to how you properly measure a T?

From the tip of leg I (Left Front Leg Dorsal View) to the tip of leg IV (Back Left Leg Dorsal View) is how I measure all of my Ts

As a man I am ceratain that I will tend to stretch the tape a bit.

I am human and imperfect but, whose perfect?

 

[Big and Hairy]

That's a pretty girl you got there.

 

[Jmadson13]

I stand corrected. The glare from the ruler threw me off but, now after giving it a second glance its about 5 3/4"


From the tip of leg I (Left Front Leg Dorsal View) to the tip of leg IV (Back Left Leg Dorsal View) is how I measure all of my Ts


I am human and imperfect but, whose perfect?

Ditto, this is how I measure my tarantulas as well. It seems to be one of the widely excepted methods. I think this is best because it actually takes the tarantula's body size into account as well where leg span really doesn't encompass the whole picture.