The biggest pokie you have owned

[smof]

Here is my big girl, she is easily the biggest I have seen, but she is right at
8" maybe a smidge over.

That spider is amazing! What species is it?

 

[Talkenlate04]

P. Ornata.

 

[tacoma0680]

Sorry I dont have one with a ruler yet She is freshly molted Here is one of my little 6 inch subfusca The ornata is not fully sterched here

 

[Jon3800]

I have a huge female ornata that is pushing 8 1/2 inches just wondering What some of the biggest ones you have owned?

So far I have 5 pokies; the regalis (my largest so far), and slings of the ornata, rufilata, formosa and a metallica (on tuesday)

I definetly know the ornata and the rufilata are going to be my largest arboreal, 3rd to the famed l.parahybana and T.blondi

But the ornata and the rufilata have grown considerably since the 2 months I've owned them. My smallest pokie is so far is the formosa

 

[Jon3800]

Nice ornata. How do you pick up a pokie without it all going skittish on you. I'm tempting to hold my regalis, with gloves of course

 

[Jon3800]

Nice ornata. How do you pick up a pokie without it all going skittish on you. I'm tempting to hold my regalis, with gloves of course

Here's my baby ornata

 

[pato_chacoana]

I don't know how big my regalis is, but do you have the balls to do this? haha, just kidding! It's not correct to handle these tarantulas, but my regalis is a lady

kindest regards,

Pato.

 

[atropos]

My big ornata female will be about 25 cm legspan with the next molt I think, she's about 22 cm at the moment.

 

[Scott C.]

Nice pics Pato.... That's a big girl.

 

[dianedfisher]

Growth time

Nobody answered the ?? about how long it takes for Poecilotheria females to attain maximum size. Anybody had these beauties from slings? Di

 

[tacoma0680]

I got mine about one year ago and She was about 6 1/2 sorry I have grown a rufitlata up from a slings and now she is 4 inches and its been a little more than a year

 

[Talkenlate04]

Nobody answered the ?? about how long it takes for Poecilotheria females to attain maximum size. Anybody had these beauties from slings? Di

Fed well and kept warm 3 years. Maybe less if you are a power feeder. Mine took 3-4 years with regular feedings and mild temps.