Species Theraphosa blondi

[ZergFront]

Makes any of my spider and T fangs look like little splinters! That fang must measure one of my slings!

Wonder if she beats the one shown on BBC News..

 

[robc]

Wonder if she beats the one shown on BBC News..

Wich one is that??

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

That's too tempting.. I want them so bad to stick on a bracelet or a necklace.... ha.. Congrats!

 

[Teal]

Holy damn! Let's not piss her off, mmk? lol

 

[Mattyb]

I'm getting my male tomorrow, then ordering a female, this post makes me very excited to get them!!

 

[MaximusMeridus]

A close up of my 11" female T.blondi

 

[seanbond]

shes a beast!

 

[anikaisbff]

huge ;P wow

 

[Endagr8]

Nice shot! :clap:

Could you post some pics of her enclosure? I really like planted tanks.

 

[Mattyb]

I love T.blondi. Wow she is gorgeous!

 

[Ariel]

she is beautiful!

 

[Tindalos]

11' are ypu freaking kidding me
whoa....... i thought they didnt get that
big in captivity
wow i am amazed :drool:

 

[Mattyb]

Do you have any other pics of her so we can really see her size? 11" thats amazing.

 

[KoffinKat138]

Man,
i would Hate to be a Dubia looking from that view!

 

[Kisato]

I took this picture of my T. blondi last night while she was eating a super worm and WOW... I got REAL lucky with the shot. It came out amazing!



Her name is Samus. And I get asked if she is a real T. blondi and not just a stirmi. She is definitely a T. blondi! The hairs on her legs and abdomen are REALLY long! I wish I could capture that on camera but it's rather difficult haha

 

[persistent]

Beautiful picture. Though the length of the hairs has nothing to do with it being stirmi or blondi. Although hard to say out of the photo it's still looks like T. stirmi to me. I don't see any long hairs on the patella

 

[Kisato]

Really? Some people say that's how to tell, the long hairs and all. In the picture, it doesn't look like she has long hairs at all but she does. Also, she was captive bred and I got her from a breeder who bred her parents and blahblahblah lol You know the rest! Of course, even breeders can be wrong. The picture doesn't show just how long her hairs are, which is a bit of a disappointment, but even if she is a Stirmi instead, I doubt that would change much of how I take care of her, yea?

 

[persistent]

If you could post a pic of her full body it would be easier to tell if it's an actual blondi or not. Also this might help http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forums/spiders-inverts/664079-theraphosa-situation-visual-id.html
Care would be the same for both species as far as I know

 

[ozzytoys]

so pretty! how big is yours? mine is still not eating after our first molt together, but it's still black and white striped looking. what size super worms do you feed yours? i may pick some up on tuesday to switch up the diet.

 

[Kisato]

so pretty! how big is yours? mine is still not eating after our first molt together, but it's still black and white striped looking. what size super worms do you feed yours? i may pick some up on tuesday to switch up the diet.

Hey! Thank you! She's about a year old and... If I have to guess... 6 inches, maybe?? My G. rosea is 4 inches and Samus is already much bigger than she is! The super worms that I give her are pretty large, I'd say. They aren't hormonally messed with, though, so their size is all natural. I would just get normal super worms and judge for yourself if they look big enough. Samus molted recently, a few months ago, and her abdomen is still small so I've been feeding her the largest super worm I can get every friday to help plump her up!