World's biggest Spider?

[jme]

ohhh man imagine how mean and scarry that H. Lividum would be with fangs the size or a small cat

 

[Sathane]

Photoshop.

thats a beautiful beast...how do they get that big

 

[agama]

so they arent really that big

 

[Dave]

Photoshop.

correct :clap:

 

[Lennie Collins]

What the fungk? :wall:

 

[MaximusMeridus]

A fogger is great and had a digital humidity gauge which set off the fogger when dropped below 85%, really nice effect too T seemed to like it.
Maplins link

I like the set up what did you use to get the fog going on?

 

[MaximusMeridus]

lol I think you're confusing these people, genuine pics only fellas (would be a nice one though)

I hate to have to reveal this monster...

Those are inches. Over 30. 'nuff said.



:liar:

 

[treeweta]

What's funny about these threads is that they are all irrelevant. Unless you get a verified size by a reliable third party, all pictures are void.

I have a 12" ruler that is really 6" long but miniaturized. If I stick that bad boy beside my A. geniculata female, you'd think I had a 16" specimen. Perceived sizes can be manipulated with Photoshop and perspective shots as well.

id be more prepared to accept the rather simpler explanation that this spider has a 27cm legspan and a 43 mm carapace neither of which are unknown in blondis.

a 6 inch ruler feigning a 12 inch ruler would give a spider almost 2 feet across and nobody is going to fall for that. of course that could be a 5.5 inch blondi on that false ruler but the proportions on that animal suggest a big one.

 

[treeweta]

Beautiful specimen. COngratulations!!

Although i disapprove these size contests

i never see these as size contests, to my mind its a simple verification of how big a theraphosa can get which i find is something i like to know.

 

[Sathane]

Agreed. That's an extreme difference, however, dimensions can be falsified by a few centimetres and still seem plausible.

I'm satisfied with the OP's proofs though.

id be more prepared to accept the rather simpler explanation that this spider has a 27cm legspan and a 43 mm carapace neither of which are unknown in blondis.

a 6 inch ruler feigning a 12 inch ruler would give a spider almost 2 feet across and nobody is going to fall for that. of course that could be a 5.5 inch blondi on that false ruler but the proportions on that animal suggest a big one.

 

[deathcrew]

I don't care what anybody says that's awesome!!:worship:

 

[Merfolk]

At 5 yrs old, my blondi is at 9" and still looks like a teenager. No doubt that with proper care, some among us might get giants like this.

 

[matthias]

Agreed. That's an extreme difference, however, dimensions can be falsified by a few centimetres and still seem plausible.

I'm satisfied with the OP's proofs though.

Satisfied with the size, but it looks like a T. apophysis to me. So Rob's Zila is safe for the worlds largest blondi.

She was a monster. I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[MaximusMeridus]

Hi Matthias,

It is actually a T.blondi. not T.apophysis. Apophysis has a very slender build, nothing like blondi's, i know I have had many. T.apophysis dimensions are very different, it always surprises me how people keep mixing them up.

As for Rob's Zilla, well I have yet to see anything other than a video...

Cheerio

Satisfied with the size, but it looks like a T. apophysis to me. So Rob's Zila is safe for the worlds largest blondi.

She was a monster. I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[Sathane]

Saying "World's Largest T. blondi" doesn't make sense.
A more correct title would be, "Largest T. blondi That Has Been Posted On AB With The Most Convincing Evidence".

 

[matthias]

Hi Matthias,

It is actually a T.blondi. not T.apophysis. Apophysis has a very slender build, nothing like blondi's, i know I have had many. T.apophysis dimensions are very different, it always surprises me how people keep mixing them up.

As for Rob's Zilla, well I have yet to see anything other than a video...

Cheerio

I to have owned, and do own several of each, though I admit none as big as your girl was.
I won't argue. I will only explain my thinking.
Yes T. apophysis are more slender than T. blondi but I would not say "very" compaired to anything else. For a >11" animal I would have expected the legs to be even bigger for a blondi. I've owned blondi with 1cm leg segments that were not close to 11".
That and the oval shape and raised front of the carapace are typical of a T. apophysis. Blondi's are usually rounder and "flatter", at least by the eyes.
As far as I know the only true way to tell the difference is that T. apophysis have stradulating organs on more appendages that T. blondi.

Regardless she was beautiful, and I am sorry for your loss.

I'll let Rob defend Zila's title but I do know there were some official measurements.

 

[robc]

Hi Matthias,

It is actually a T.blondi. not T.apophysis. Apophysis has a very slender build, nothing like blondi's, i know I have had many. T.apophysis dimensions are very different, it always surprises me how people keep mixing them up.

As for Rob's Zilla, well I have yet to see anything other than a video...

Cheerio

I have to say that regardless of whose is bigger or anything else - you had yourself a very beautiful girl there and I'm truly sorry for your loss.

Here is a pic of her last molt:

Here is a pic of her molt next to my 5" B.smithi's molt:

I am just posting these for reference, I'm not about to get into another argument. LOL Trust me, someone will eventually say something about any pics posted, someone always does. But it doesn't really matter to me, they are both big spiders!

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

There she is!! I would vote rob has the bigger t.

 

[jbm150]

That is an awesome pic Rob, of the smithi and blondi molts together. That really puts their size in perspective! Thanks for that

 

[MaximusMeridus]

I know her photos don't look that good, colours fade after driying and freezing. These were pictures before her last moult, has a typical blondi look. As with Humans and indeed all animal species, proportions differ considerably though I must say she is very bulky. Some blondi's were bred a with shorter chunkier stump legs. A lot depends on conditions, diet, burrow size, regional variation etc.

I to have owned, and do own several of each, though I admit none as big as your girl was.
I won't argue. I will only explain my thinking.
Yes T. apophysis are more slender than T. blondi but I would not say "very" compaired to anything else. For a >11" animal I would have expected the legs to be even bigger for a blondi. I've owned blondi with 1cm leg segments that were not close to 11".
That and the oval shape and raised front of the carapace are typical of a T. apophysis. Blondi's are usually rounder and "flatter", at least by the eyes.
As far as I know the only true way to tell the difference is that T. apophysis have stradulating organs on more appendages that T. blondi.

Regardless she was beautiful, and I am sorry for your loss.

I'll let Rob defend Zila's title but I do know there were some official measurements.