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Seeing all of these 'largest', 'reddest', 'etc' tarantula threads and having had little sleep in the past few days, I thought it would be fun to research and put together a listing of arboreal T sizes. I was surprised at some of the sizes I found, some were bigger and smaller than I imagined. Here's what my question was:
If I were to buy an arboreal tarantula of a given species, what would be the expected largest size a female could get, provided she lived a long, healthy life? For instance, if I buy a P. rufilata, I know she will reach a long leg span but I can't really expect her to reach 10". Or can I? I remember one person saying they knew someone with an 8" H. mac. But that has to be an exceptional individual, I'm sure. Here's a listing of what I came up with for species in the hobby; maybe you can help me fill in gaps and correct my inaccuracies:
4"
A. minatrix
4.5"
I. hirsutum
T. plumipes
5"
A. avicularia
A. azuraklaasi
A. geroldi
A. purpurea (might be 6"?)
E. olivacea (these are arboreal, right?)
T. gigas
5.5"
A. urticans
6"
A. aurantiaca
A. huriana
A. versicolor
P. irminia
S. calceatum
6.5"
H. maculata
L. nigerrimum (thats it? thought bigger. From asianarboreals.com)
P. formosa
7"
A. bicegoi
A. braunshauseni
A. metallica
P. metallica
P. pederseni
P. subfusca (highland/lowland difference?)
P. cambridgei
7.5"
P. miranda
8"
L. sp. Borneo black
P. everetti
P. fasciata
P. regalis
P. striata
8.5"
C. schioedtei
C. sp. Sumatran tiger
9"
P. ornata
P. rufilata
9.5"
C. sp. Sulawesi black (gray)
L. violaceopes
Also, these are species I haven't found sizes for yet:
A. diversipes
A. fasciculata
A. laeta
A. sp. Peru purple
P. smithi
P. tigrinawesseli
P. pulcher
P. reduncus
T. cupreus
T. latipes
T. subcaeruleus
T. violaceus
If you know any other "normally-recognized-as-arboreal" tarantulas, list them too. If I have species down that have been renamed or what have you, let me know that too. If this is successful and other people find this interesting, I may do something similar for terrestrial, fossorial, and semi-arboreals as well
If I were to buy an arboreal tarantula of a given species, what would be the expected largest size a female could get, provided she lived a long, healthy life? For instance, if I buy a P. rufilata, I know she will reach a long leg span but I can't really expect her to reach 10". Or can I? I remember one person saying they knew someone with an 8" H. mac. But that has to be an exceptional individual, I'm sure. Here's a listing of what I came up with for species in the hobby; maybe you can help me fill in gaps and correct my inaccuracies:
4"
A. minatrix
4.5"
I. hirsutum
T. plumipes
5"
A. avicularia
A. azuraklaasi
A. geroldi
A. purpurea (might be 6"?)
E. olivacea (these are arboreal, right?)
T. gigas
5.5"
A. urticans
6"
A. aurantiaca
A. huriana
A. versicolor
P. irminia
S. calceatum
6.5"
H. maculata
L. nigerrimum (thats it? thought bigger. From asianarboreals.com)
P. formosa
7"
A. bicegoi
A. braunshauseni
A. metallica
P. metallica
P. pederseni
P. subfusca (highland/lowland difference?)
P. cambridgei
7.5"
P. miranda
8"
L. sp. Borneo black
P. everetti
P. fasciata
P. regalis
P. striata
8.5"
C. schioedtei
C. sp. Sumatran tiger
9"
P. ornata
P. rufilata
9.5"
C. sp. Sulawesi black (gray)
L. violaceopes
Also, these are species I haven't found sizes for yet:
A. diversipes
A. fasciculata
A. laeta
A. sp. Peru purple
P. smithi
P. tigrinawesseli
P. pulcher
P. reduncus
T. cupreus
T. latipes
T. subcaeruleus
T. violaceus
If you know any other "normally-recognized-as-arboreal" tarantulas, list them too. If I have species down that have been renamed or what have you, let me know that too. If this is successful and other people find this interesting, I may do something similar for terrestrial, fossorial, and semi-arboreals as well