Whats your Lasiodora size ??

[Poec54]

What real proof is there that wild bloodlines of LP do not reach 9-10?? There is no proof.

We can make up sizes all day long and say everything's bigger in the wild. Why stop at 10"? Or we can acknowledge that average adult sizes have been exaggerated by people selling slings.

 

[gobey]

Sorry phone rang

 

[cold blood]

WHat's that, about a 25" long enclosure? Its taking up a little more than half:? Must be, what? 15":?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yeah I think they max out at 9" ? 7-8 is normal size. I havent seen A 9" One beside a ruler so I will say 8.5" is max proved size.

We can make up sizes all day long and say everything's bigger in the wild. Why stop at 10"? Or we can acknowledge that average adult sizes have been exaggerated by people selling slings.

I know they do not ever reach 10" it is a sales tactic.

WHat's that, about a 25" long enclosure? Its taking up a little more than half:? Must be, what? 15":?

It is prob 7" Gobey can u place a ruler in the cage for reference. Try not to disturb your LP though.

 

[gobey]

Yeah I think they max out at 9" ? 7-8 is normal size. I havent seen A 9" One beside a ruler so I will say 8.5" is max proved size.

I know they do not ever reach 10" it is a sales tactic.

It is prob 7" Gobey can u place a ruler in the cage for reference. Try not to disturb your LP though.

I have no idea where to find a ruler honestly. This pic is from yesterday. She's back to hiding in the log. She literally shed days ago.

I'd think she's more like 5.5"

I got her a year ago measured at 3.5"

This is the 2nd time she's molted in my care. The first time it barely looked like she grew. This time she looked like she did a cycle of Tarantula roids,

 

[ratluvr76]

I have no idea where to find a ruler honestly. This pic is from yesterday. She's back to hiding in the log. She literally shed days ago.

I'd think she's more like 5.5"

I got her a year ago measured at 3.5"

This is the 2nd time she's molted in my care. The first time it barely looked like she grew. This time she looked like she did a cycle of Tarantula roids,

taranturoids... bwuahaha

 

[gobey]

taranturoids... bwuahaha

she's taking the T Bol

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[Ultum4Spiderz]

Yeah I have any doubts my adult female LP will get past 8" mark , but they do grow slowly right? I think she is about 7.5" she grew a lot last molt I think 1./2".
I measured her not stretched well at 7" pre molt.
I have other Lps which I think will outgrow her, to be bigger.:biggrin: maybe pass 8" I hope, I love this species despite the fact they do not reach 10".
I got a lot of juvy Lps around 4-6":coffee: around 10.

I would never consider a 7-8" T small, they are huge compaired to average 5" size of most my ts.

 

[tarantula71]

Mines is about 1.5 inches. Hopefully it'll be 5 inches by the end of the year.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

When the subject of measuring comes up, I sometimes post a link to the snake measuring tool. It is reasonably accurate, and I suspect at least as accurate as most other methods when used properly. i use it exclusively over trying to use a ruler.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/snakemt/

 

[Venom 13]

It interesting to see how everyone thinks that a LP can not get to 10 inches. Here is a pic of my LP next to a quarter just to give scale. We know a quarter is 1 inch in size. Here you can see that her legs are not fully spread out and she is easily over 8. Her last molt showed that she was just shy of 9. I am guessing many people are just going to say, I just happen to have a large LP. Well, I have seen larger. So for all you saying that 7- 8 is the average, I believe the average is 8+.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

It interesting to see how everyone thinks that a LP can not get to 10 inches. Here is a pic of my LP next to a quarter just to give scale. We know a quarter is 1 inch in size. Here you can see that her legs are not fully spread out and she is easily over 8. Her last molt showed that she was just shy of 9. I am guessing many people are just going to say, I just happen to have a large LP. Well, I have seen larger. So for all you saying that 7- 8 is the average, I believe the average is 8+.

A quarter only works for scale on your side of the pond lol.

6"-7" is average, 8" is large, 9" is a freak (this is assuming that all the people claiming they have 9" LPs aren't actually full of it but until I see definitive proof of one then I'm assuming they are), 10" is a myth (if someone shows me a 10" LP in the flesh then I'll eat my SAF's next moult).

 

[Nightstalker47]

It interesting to see how everyone thinks that a LP can not get to 10 inches. Here is a pic of my LP next to a quarter just to give scale. We know a quarter is 1 inch in size. Here you can see that her legs are not fully spread out and she is easily over 8. Her last molt showed that she was just shy of 9. I am guessing many people are just going to say, I just happen to have a large LP. Well, I have seen larger. So for all you saying that 7- 8 is the average, I believe the average is 8+.

10'' is massive even for a theraphosa sp. Realistically, L.parahybana is a 7-8'' range spider...with some specimens maybe reaching 9''.

I think it would be unwise to assume they get so large when there has never been any real evidence to prove that. The species is probably the most common in the hobby, they are literally everywhere...if there was a 10'' specimen out there in someone's collection, surely we would have seen it by now.

I have five specimens of differing sizes, one female two MMs and two unsexed juveniles. Both the males matured over 7'', which tells me they are a fairly large species...just not 10'' range like many advertise them as.

That title belongs mainly to theraphosa, and maybe some pamphos and phormics.

 

[Venom 13]

A quarter only works for scale on your side of the pond lol.

6"-7" is average, 8" is large, 9" is a freak (this is assuming that all the people claiming they have 9" LPs aren't actually full of it but until I see definitive proof of one then I'm assuming they are), 10" is a myth (if someone shows me a 10" LP in the flesh then I'll eat my SAF's next moult).

6-7 average for an LP?? that is like saying they do not get any larger than a brachypalma smithi. How often did you feed your LP?? If you had one. Also, yes on my side of the pond 1 inch is equal to your 2.54 cm since you guys do metric ( or 25.4mm if you want to get more technical). Easy to look up. Also on your side of the pond, a guy from Whitey Exotics has one that is near 9 inches as well on video. Have a nice day!!

 

[Ran]

I have an 8 year old female LP and she is just a little over 7”...I’m sure there are LP’s over 8”. At this point when she molts she is really just getting thicker/heavier.

 

[Sarkhan42]

I work with a 13 year old female LP who's a little bit over 8 now, but she's an absolute giant of her kind as far as I'm concerned. I'll have to see if I can remember to set her next to a ruler given she just molted again recently.

 

[Sarkhan42]

6-7 average for an LP?? that is like saying they do not get any larger than a brachypalma smithi. How often did you feed your LP?? If you had one. Also, yes on my side of the pond 1 inch is equal to your 2.54 cm since you guys do metric ( or 25.4mm if you want to get more technical). Easy to look up. Also on your side of the pond, a guy from Whitey Exotics has one that is near 9 inches as well on video. Have a nice day!!

It should be noted that he(Whitey Exotics) does not measure diagonally, instead measuring with the molt directly alongside the tape.

Edit:
The video in question, in which the molt even lengthwise is definitely not 9 inches...

 

[The Grym Reaper]

6-7 average for an LP?? that is like saying they do not get any larger than a brachypalma smithi.

Not really, assuming you mean what is now Brachypelma hamorii then they max out at around 6".

LPs get about the same size as A. geniculata.

How often did you feed your LP??

Not relevant, you could feed twice as often as I do and end up with a spider that matures at a smaller than average size

If you had one.

I have a parahybana and difficilis, both are around 6", the former is due a moult soon but I can't see her overtaking my genic.

Also, yes on my side of the pond 1 inch is equal to your 2.54 cm since you guys do metric ( or 25.4mm if you want to get more technical). Easy to look up.

Nice try at being a smart-arse but what I meant was "no-one outside the US knows how big a quarter is", when you use an object for scale it generally works best when that object is universal.

Also on your side of the pond, a guy from Whitey Exotics has one that is near 9 inches as well on video. Have a nice day!!

No he doesn't, it's barely even 8". Toodle-doo

 

[Venom 13]

Not really, assuming you mean what is now Brachypelma hamorii then they max out at around 6".

LPs get about the same size as A. geniculata.



Not relevant, you could feed twice as often as I do and end up with a spider that matures at a smaller than average size



I have a parahybana and difficilis, both are around 6", the former is due a moult soon but I can't see her overtaking my genic.



Nice try at being a smart-arse but what I meant was "no-one outside the US knows how big a quarter is", when you use an object for scale it generally works best when that object is universal.



No he doesn't, it's barely even 8". Toodle-doo

Smart-arse?? I believe I mentioned a quarter in an inch in length to give it scale. And if you look it up, it is 2.54cm. Again something that you can look up. And sorry, my geni does not even come close to the LP I have in this pic. Post a pic of your geni with something that is 2.54cm next to it and post the pic. Im sure you got a coin there that is 2.54cm for scale. Lets see what you are talking about.

 

[Mirandarachnid]

Im sure you got a coin there that is 2.54cm for scale. Lets see what you are talking about.

I'm sure he'll probably just use a ruler.