MM H pulchripes size?

[BasedGod]

My H pulchripes matured into a male. But the size is shockingly small. I heard of them maturing out in a year but i didn't even expect him to be so small. Is this common? Bottlecap for comparison.

 

[cold blood]

Males mature at a wide range if sizes, but its not uncommon for males to mature at much smaller sizes than an adult female.

 

[Vanisher]

My H pulchripes matured into a male. But the size is shockingly small. I heard of them maturing out in a year but i didn't even expect him to be so small. Is this common? Bottlecap for comparison. View attachment 338517 View attachment 338518

Harpactirinae speicies tends to mature at vary small sizes, especially males. So it is totally normal

 

[vancwa]

I have one. Yes, they are small.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Yeah pretty typical for this species, I had a male mature at just over 2" DLS last month.

 

[omni]

oh if you think that's small, when I kept E. scrofa, even tho it's considered a dwarf sp. F's could get to 4.5" but a MM could be 1.5, so cute and tiny. I always worry about if a MM would be too small to survive a pairing. I do think if a MM is well below the avg size for the sp. it shouldn't be bred.

 

[Theneil]

oh if you think that's small, when I kept E. scrofa, even tho it's considered a dwarf sp. F's could get to 4.5" but a MM could be 1.5, so cute and tiny. I always worry about if a MM would be too small to survive a pairing. I do think if a MM is well below the avg size for the sp. it shouldn't be bred.

i have heard that males who are grown more quickly (high heat and lots of food) tend to mature out smaller than those grown out slowly.

I personally have not seen enough to confirm or deny that, but it coupd indicate that mature size is more dependant on external factors than genetics and that the small male may simply be due to the method of care it received.

 

[omni]

probably true but I am just a fan that bigger might be stronger and more healthy when it comes to T's. little T's tend to not live as long as bigger ones of the same sp. probably are exceptions. my 2 male scrofa's were 1.5 and 2.5" the little bitty guy died a month after hooking out, the other went almost 4 months and did his job with another breeder's girl. 2 examples tho are not really good to make a general rule.

 

[Shaka]

Seen them first hand in the wild here in South Africa, males can be pretty small but vary in size from around 7cm to 10cm