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They are slings. If they are showing adult colors they are a juvenile. Age completely depends on sex, feeding schedule, temps, etc. My B. albop was 1.5" just a molt ago and she is over 2 years old.
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A sling on the way
- Thread starter Linda Fluekiger
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There is no hard fast rule for what stage is spiderling, or juvenile. Melodux has a good point there. Age is virtually impossible to determine. As a guess, at 1.5" a G pulchra could be between 2 and 4 years.
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WOW! I figured about a year! These is just so interesting! Sad, as if this is a boy (I hope not) their life span could be also most done!
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Not at all. I have males that are 7 years old, 2 years as MM.
Heat and food affect growth rate. Warmer temps and more food will speed growth.
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I always read that slings become juveniles when they molt from colorless blobs into adult colors.
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MM?
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MM as in Mature Male. Most males grow faster by the way even for slow growers. I just sexed my smithi as male and it has been with me like 3 months. It was pretty much a sling at 2 inches when I bought it. Now, it is almost 4 inches DLS according to last molt. 
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My G. pulchra was an inch or less when I got it in the spring. It's 2+ inches now and nearing another molt.
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G pulchra growth:
1st instar to 1" about 1 year
1" to 3" about 1 year
3" to mature about 3 years
Assuming warm temps, plenty of food, moist sub for first two years, adequately size enclosures.
Based on my experience raising over a dozen G pulchra from spiderlings to maturity. Give me another 15 to 20 years and I will be able to provide longevity data.
1st instar to 1" about 1 year
1" to 3" about 1 year
3" to mature about 3 years
Assuming warm temps, plenty of food, moist sub for first two years, adequately size enclosures.
Based on my experience raising over a dozen G pulchra from spiderlings to maturity. Give me another 15 to 20 years and I will be able to provide longevity data.
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lol
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I saw all the pulchra pics and had to post one of mine. Here's my 3 inch female, nearing or in premolt. That long Grammastola premolt..even at this size, for 4 months after a molt they have that perfect glossy black color
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I have a nice ten gallon tank waiting for one like her.
she's a pretty little one, and,
There will be one in my future
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I got mine as a sexed female from Nature's Exquisite Creatures in San Antonio. I believe Jerry is probably still breeding and selling them, but his web site is down. Try NEC on Facebook, his prices are reasonable, and he's one I will vouch for. He had some P pulchers too last time..I need to call him..-grumbles enviously-
I have a nice ten gallon tank waiting for one like her.
she's a pretty little one, and,
There will be one in my future
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I'd really like to order from Jerry. His inventory is pretty great.
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Well I bought her and a female P metallica and got a sexed female 3" albopilosum as a freebie, and he gave me a deal
Ah! Well working on the G.pulchra and a scorpion enclosure at the moment, so no deals for me in my immediate futureWell I bought her and a female P metallica and got a sexed female 3" albopilosum as a freebie, and he gave me a deal
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Oh? What kind of scorpion? Is it of the whip variety?Ah! Well working on the G.pulchra and a scorpion enclosure at the moment, so no deals for me in my immediate future
Not yet, Hadrurus arizonensisOh? What kind of scorpion? Is it of the whip variety?
they are on my must have though, Must haves, G.pulchra,
Hadrurus arizonensis
then, Amblypygi and possibly a Vinegaroon
