Then & Now

[BoyFromLA]

Many of tarantula keepers including myself, really love to getting slings, and watching them grow in sizes.

I would love to dedicate this picture thread for comparison of your tarantulas, then & now.

Hopefully this will provide general ideas of tarantulas’ growth rates, in a fun, and joyful way.

You can either post two pictures (when it was a sling, and now) or make a collage.

Below is my Caribena versicolor as an example:

February 4, 2018



November 4, 2018

 

[BoyFromLA]

• Ephebopus murinus

August 27, 2018



January 6, 2019

 

[antinous]

Some of mine:
1.0 Pamphobeteus sp. 'mascara'
Obtained: Nov. 1, 2018
Molt 1: Nov. 9, 2018
Molt 2: Dec. 31, 2018


0.1 Pamphobeteus sp. 'platyomma'
Obtained: Sept. 17, 2018
Molt 1: Oct. 18, 2018
Molt 2: Dec. 19-22, 2018


1.0 Pamphobeteus sp. 'cascada'
Obtained: Sept. 25, 2018
Molt 1: Oct. 28, 2018
Molt 2: Dec. 23, 2018


0.0.1 Pamphobeteus sp. 'flammifera'
Obtained: Sept. 25, 2018
Molt 1: Oct. 20, 2018
Molt 2: Dec. 1, 2018


1.0 Pamphobeteus cf. antinous
Obtained: Sept. 25, 2018
Molt 1: Oct. 23, 2018
Molt 2: Dec. 17, 2018


0.1 Pamphobeteus sp. 'magna'
Obtained: Sept. 25, 2018
Molt 1: Oct. 19, 2018
Molt 2: Dec. 6, 2018


0.1 Pamphobeteus sp. 'manabi'
Obtained: Nov. 1, 2018
Molt 1: Dec. 12, 2018

 

[BoyFromLA]

Awesome collage, and tarantulas!

 

[Ungoliant]

Flash ( Grammostola pulchra)

Baby Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 0.5")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 7, 2019
• 2
• brazilian black tarantula female flash grammostola grammostola pulchra pulchra sling

Flash when I got her in 2015

Flash and the Mask (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 2, 2018
• brazilian black tarantula female flash grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

No one cared who she was until she put on the mask.

Bulldozer ( Grammostola pulchra)

Baby Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 2")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 7, 2019
• 6
• brazilian black tarantula bulldozer female grammostola grammostola pulchra pulchra sling

Bulldozer when I got her in 2015

Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 2, 2018
• brazilian black tarantula bulldozer female grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

If you take flash pictures of another tarantula, Dozer comes out to investigate.

Muffet ( Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

Muffet (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 0.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 1, 2017
• 2
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens gbb greenbottle blue tarantula male muffet sling

my GBB sling

At the Oasis (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Mar 5, 2018
• 7
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens gbb greenbottle blue tarantula juvenile juvenile male male muffet

Muffet, my male Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, checking out his water dish after I cleaned and...

Genicula ( Acanthoscurria geniculata)

Freshly Molted Acanthoscurria geniculata Sling (♂ 0.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 30, 2017
• 7
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata callow genicula geniculata male post-molt sling whitebanded tarantula

My new Acanthoscurria geniculata sling just molted for the first time (in my care).

His Water Dish (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 4")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 22, 2018
• 5
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata genicula geniculata juvenile juvenile male male whitebanded tarantula

When I refilled his water dish, Genicula got in and began attacking the water.

Squirt ( Psalmopoeus cambridgei)

Young Psalmopoeus cambridgei (female, 2.25")

• Ungoliant
• May 3, 2017
• cambridgei female juvenile female psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei squirt trinidad chevron tarantula

My new buddy arrived today.

Lean and Green (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5")

• Ungoliant
• Aug 2, 2018
• 4
• cambridgei female mature female psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei squirt trinidad chevron tarantula

Squirt molted 5 days ago.

Bumblebutt ( Davus pentaloris)

My New Davus pentaloris Sling (1.5")

• Ungoliant
• Feb 5, 2018
• bumblebutt crypsidromus pentaloris davus davus mozinno davus pentalore davus pentaloris female guatemalan tiger rump guatemalan tiger rump tarantula hapalopus pentaloris pentaloris pseudoschizopelma pentalore sling

Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 3")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 22, 2018
• 7
• bumblebutt davus davus mozinno davus pentalore davus pentaloris female guatemalan tiger rump tarantula juvenile juvenile female pentaloris

Pele ( Bumba cabocla)

Tiny Sling With a Tiny Worm (♂ Bumba horrida)

• Ungoliant
• Feb 5, 2018
• 3
• brazilian redhead tarantula bumba bumba cabocla bumba horrida feeding horrida iracema cabocla male maraca cabocla paraphysa horrida pele sling

Proof that even a tiny sling can take live prey!

Redhead (♂ Bumba horrida 2")

• Ungoliant
• Sep 19, 2018
• brazilian redhead tarantula bumba bumba cabocla bumba horrida horrida iracema cabocla juvenile juvenile male male paraphysa horrida pele

He rarely sits for photos.

 

[antinous]

Updated my post with molt dates

Flash ( Grammostola pulchra)

Baby Flash (♀ Grammostola pulchra 0.5")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 7, 2019
• 2
• brazilian black tarantula female flash grammostola grammostola pulchra pulchra sling

Flash when I got her in 2015

Flash and the Mask (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 2, 2018
• brazilian black tarantula female flash grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

No one cared who she was until she put on the mask.

Bulldozer ( Grammostola pulchra)

Baby Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 2")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 7, 2019
• 6
• brazilian black tarantula bulldozer female grammostola grammostola pulchra pulchra sling

Bulldozer when I got her in 2015

Bulldozer (♀ Grammostola pulchra 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 2, 2018
• brazilian black tarantula bulldozer female grammostola grammostola pulchra juvenile juvenile female pulchra

If you take flash pictures of another tarantula, Dozer comes out to investigate.

Muffet ( Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

Muffet (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 0.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 1, 2017
• 2
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens gbb greenbottle blue tarantula male muffet sling

my GBB sling

At the Oasis (♂ Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Mar 5, 2018
• 7
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens gbb greenbottle blue tarantula juvenile juvenile male male muffet

Muffet, my male Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, checking out his water dish after I cleaned and...

Genicula ( Acanthoscurria geniculata)

Freshly Molted Acanthoscurria geniculata Sling (♂ 0.75")

• Ungoliant
• Jan 30, 2017
• 7
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata callow genicula geniculata male post-molt sling whitebanded tarantula

My new Acanthoscurria geniculata sling just molted for the first time (in my care).

His Water Dish (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 4")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 22, 2018
• 5
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata genicula geniculata juvenile juvenile male male whitebanded tarantula

When I refilled his water dish, Genicula got in and began attacking the water.

Squirt ( Psalmopoeus cambridgei)

Young Psalmopoeus cambridgei (female, 2.25")

• Ungoliant
• May 3, 2017
• cambridgei female juvenile female psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei squirt trinidad chevron tarantula

My new buddy arrived today.

Lean and Green (♀ Psalmopoeus cambridgei 5.5")

• Ungoliant
• Aug 2, 2018
• 4
• cambridgei female mature female psalmopoeus psalmopoeus cambridgei squirt trinidad chevron tarantula

Squirt molted 5 days ago.

Bumblebutt ( Davus pentaloris)

My New Davus pentaloris Sling (1.5")

• Ungoliant
• Feb 5, 2018
• bumblebutt crypsidromus pentaloris davus davus mozinno davus pentalore davus pentaloris female guatemalan tiger rump guatemalan tiger rump tarantula hapalopus pentaloris pentaloris pseudoschizopelma pentalore sling

Bumblebutt (♀ Davus pentaloris 3")

• Ungoliant
• Dec 22, 2018
• 7
• bumblebutt davus davus mozinno davus pentalore davus pentaloris female guatemalan tiger rump tarantula juvenile juvenile female pentaloris

Pele ( Bumba cabocla)

Tiny Sling With a Tiny Worm (♂ Bumba horrida)

• Ungoliant
• Feb 5, 2018
• 3
• brazilian redhead tarantula bumba bumba cabocla bumba horrida feeding horrida iracema cabocla male maraca cabocla paraphysa horrida pele sling

Proof that even a tiny sling can take live prey!

Redhead (♂ Bumba horrida 2")

• Ungoliant
• Sep 19, 2018
• brazilian redhead tarantula bumba bumba cabocla bumba horrida horrida iracema cabocla juvenile juvenile male male paraphysa horrida pele

He rarely sits for photos.

What was the wait time between molts for the G. pulchra? Pretty long I'm guessing?

 

[Ungoliant]

What was the wait time between molts for the G. pulchra? Pretty long I'm guessing?

I got Flash on 9/5/2015, when she was 0.75". She molted on the following dates:

• 10/7/2015: 1.25"
• 12/22/2015
• 2/16/2016
• 10/29/2016
• 2/10/2017: 2.25"
• 10/31/2017
• 1/1/2018: 3"
• 11/30/2018: 3.5"

I got Bulldozer on 9/26/2015, when she was 2". She molted on the following dates:

• 9/26/2015: 2"
• 12/2/2015
• 1/19/2016: 3"
• 1/31/2017: 3.5"

 

[Marika]

G. pulchra
June 4, 2017


October 23, 2018


H. chilensis
June 21, 2018


January 5, 2019

 

[BoyFromLA]

• Ephebopus cyanognathus

January 10, 2018



January 12, 2019

 

[antinous]

1.0 Pamphobeteus sp. ‘mascara’ ‘B’

Obtained: 11/1/2018
Molt 1: 11/23/2018
Molt 2: 1/12/19

 

[BoyFromLA]

Theraphosa blondi

 

[Wolfspidurguy]

I'll post one of my B albo later it's fun to see what they looked like when they were babies compared to now

 

[korlash091]

I'll post one of my B albo later it's fun to see what they looked like when they were babies compared to now

My A. geniculata

 

[The Grym Reaper]

A. minatrix (Nov '17 - Present)
View media item 45508

1.0 Avicularia minatrix

• The Grym Reaper
• Jan 5, 2019
• 4
• avicularia avicularia minatrix male minatrix

Ermac rocking his new suit, thought he was going to hook out with this moult but apparently he...

H. maculata (Nov '17 - Present)
View media item 45895

0.1 Heteroscodra maculata

• The Grym Reaper
• Nov 14, 2018
• 1
• female heteroscodra heteroscodra maculata maculata togo starburst tarantula

Domino rocking her new suit

P. pulcher (Mar '17 - Aug '18)
View media item 39317View media item 52661
E. cyanognathus (Mar '17 - April '18)
View media item 39162View media item 49853
P. subfusca (Jul '17 - July '18)
View media item 42845View media item 52333

 

[antinous]

There's already thread about this:
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/then-now.315111/#post-2887564

 

[Vanessa]

Grammostola pulchra female, Raven.
March 2016

November 2018


Brachypelma verdezi female, Ginger.
April 2016

January 2019


Lasiodora difficilis female, Sprite.
June 2016

September 2018


Thrixopelma ockerti female, Tivoli.
August 2016

December 2018


Caribena versicolor male, Willow.
July 2016

January 2019

 

[BoyFromLA]

A. minatrix (Nov '17 - Present)

Beautiful color of it’s abdomen. Lovely indeed.

 

[draconisj4]

B. hamorii October 2017


January 2019

 

[Thekla]

My Homoeomma sp. blue peru (or whatever she is/might be ) went from a tiny 1/3"-1/2" sling to a 3 1/2" juvenile in a year.

 

[BoyFromLA]

My Homoeomma sp. blue peru (or whatever she is/might be ) went from a tiny 1/3"-1/2" sling to a 3 1/2" juvenile in a year.

That’s an awesome growth rate!