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Hi all,
I absolutely am loving A. geniculata after having tons of slings and juvies. I mostly dabble in smaller tarantulas and trade them when they get bigger, but aside from popular Brachypelmas, I've really taken a shine to these beauties.
My question is this -- when you see them sold at about 4.5 inches, that's still many years from full size, correct? I am assuming they are like my adult brachys and if I am lucky molt one time a year. I have read the leg span for mature A. geniculata can be 7 to 9 inches. Unless they are doubling in size at molt, is it safe to say that anything under 5 inches is still a teenager -- or, I mean, at least three molts from mature - ie, 3-4 years?
Thanks.
Sharon
I absolutely am loving A. geniculata after having tons of slings and juvies. I mostly dabble in smaller tarantulas and trade them when they get bigger, but aside from popular Brachypelmas, I've really taken a shine to these beauties.
My question is this -- when you see them sold at about 4.5 inches, that's still many years from full size, correct? I am assuming they are like my adult brachys and if I am lucky molt one time a year. I have read the leg span for mature A. geniculata can be 7 to 9 inches. Unless they are doubling in size at molt, is it safe to say that anything under 5 inches is still a teenager -- or, I mean, at least three molts from mature - ie, 3-4 years?
Thanks.
Sharon