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My male molts and matures, leg span increases significantly, while body size decreases....did the spider get bigger or smaller with the ultimate molt? Going by body size, it got smaller...lmao.
A pokie and a P. cancerides have the same body size, but the pokie is 2.5" larger in leg span...are they the same size or is that pokie actually bigger.
See the huge flaw in body measurements?
Are large leggy species smaller than bulky species of the same leg span or are they the same. Is a full grown ornata or rufialata smaller than a full grown LP? Only by body size....leg span those pokies are much larger.
Body size tells me nothing aboit how big a t is, because body size and legginess in relation to the body size is highly variable...leggy species arent smaller, in fact, some of the largest arboreals are leggy as heck and lack the robust bodies of most terrestrials.
If body size always correlated with leg span, it would be a more accurate measurement, but its not....a spider is as large as the space it takes up, not just the space its body takes up.
A pokie and a P. cancerides have the same body size, but the pokie is 2.5" larger in leg span...are they the same size or is that pokie actually bigger.
See the huge flaw in body measurements?
Are large leggy species smaller than bulky species of the same leg span or are they the same. Is a full grown ornata or rufialata smaller than a full grown LP? Only by body size....leg span those pokies are much larger.
Body size tells me nothing aboit how big a t is, because body size and legginess in relation to the body size is highly variable...leggy species arent smaller, in fact, some of the largest arboreals are leggy as heck and lack the robust bodies of most terrestrials.
If body size always correlated with leg span, it would be a more accurate measurement, but its not....a spider is as large as the space it takes up, not just the space its body takes up.
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