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Any info on Holothele Sericea

AndrewClayton

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Just placed and order for an OBT (RCF) and Holothele Sericea which I’ve never heard of I know there a dwarf species and there blue that’s about all I can find on them so does anyone here own one or have owned one in the past or are they comparable to other species care wise
 

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I have an H. sericea. I keep it on dry coco fibre. It will burrow and web but is also out and about a lot. Mine eats well, relatively calm and is currently around 1" dls

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I was looking at those the other day, they look incredibly blue in the pictures Ive seen. I nearly ordered one but decided not to in the end. Hope it won't end up like the chilensis when I find out later they don't come around very often! :)
 

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I was looking at those the other day, they look incredibly blue in the pictures Ive seen. I nearly ordered one but decided not to in the end. Hope it won't end up like the chilensis when I find out later they don't come around very often! :)
they come up occasionally but not as rare as the H.Chilensis that's for sure -I saw that spider shop was selling them...my one came from Poland :)
 

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That’s where I just ordered it from (thespidershop) was only going on for some tubs and coco fibre too lol just can resist it
be prepared it will be absolutely tiny! :eek: always the way get tempted to buy more... all part of the addiction :D
 

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they come up occasionally but not as rare as the H.Chilensis that's for sure -I saw that spider shop was selling them...my one came from Poland :)

It was TSS website I saw them on!! If yours was from Poland would that be spidersworld.eu? If so, do you recommend? They do seem to have loads of species.
 

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Mine was a juvi when I got it 11 months ago and it has only moulted once in that time I bought it from @Phil who got it in May 2017 as a sling. Going by that I'd say fairly slow growing.
yes slow growing and a dwarf species so never going to be big. In response to the other questions, they are a bit like pearlescent paint, depending on the light they will appear metallic blue or green. I would certainly say to the naked eye it was more blue than green.
I often say on here though, never trust google images and the like as the pictures are often enhanced. The Gallery section, and pictures like @Enn49 has shared are much better reference material. In many of my pics I also do a side by side with and without flash so that you can see what difference artificial light can do.
For example, take a look at my T seledonia below, some of the colours just completely disappear under the flash and/or turn green when they looked blue before. There is a proper word for this but can't remember it off the top of my head....ha ha
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