That was my first thought, too...15 years for a P. cambridgei for example is about right for females due to their fast growth rate. I'd sort Avics somewhere between 9-15.
I'm impressed that you only have 3-4 spiders while being in the hobby for 8 years. It sucks a lot and I know I'm going to be a big blubbering mess when mine pass BUT this year a lot of cool avic species that are not usually in the hobby are being hatched out in large numbers; perhaps check out some of the rest of the genus.
Oh I had hundreds at one point when I was breeding A. versicolor. Lol! I got out of it, people are just TOO cut throat in the hobby for me. I just kept the ones that were with me the longest. I still wish I could have kept everyone but my bf made me sell them and others I sold because of family funeral expenses.
I'm just glad I was able to keep a few.
That makes sense. My bf and I struck out a deal that I'm allowed to have my spiders as long as I let him have his saltwater tanks; so we have a compromise but I'm reaching my space limit so I will wait for some of my males to mature. I would suggest A. braunshauseni and A.geroldi as the former is a giant fluffy version of A.avic and the latter is a brighter version. Of course A.aurantiaca and A.huriana have made an appearance this year too, along with some of the other less common species.Oh I had hundreds at one point when I was breeding A. versicolor. Lol! I got out of it, people are just TOO cut throat in the hobby for me. I just kept the ones that were with me the longest. I still wish I could have kept everyone but my bf made me sell them and others I sold because of family funeral expenses.
Thank you. I will keep an eye out.
