Hello from me and Spinelli the Spider

[smallbike]

Hello, everyone! I am the new owner of a G. Pulchripes (Chaco golden knee) as of Thursday. I had no idea how fast I’d fall for her! She’s about a year old and maybe 3 inches - hard to say depending on how far her legs are stretched.

Of course I don’t know for sure that she’s about a year (or even that she’s a she) so I’m hoping to keep learning. She seems kind of big for a year. Good to meet everyone!

 

[Calico]

Welcome to you and Spinelli! She's a beauty.

 

[Enn49]

Hi, welcome to the hobby. Spinelli is gorgeous and I'm sure she'll be the first of many.

 

[smallbike]

Thanks! Good to meet you

 

[WolfSpider]

@smallbike : welcome aboard. Great to have you. Love your avatar. I suspect he/she is closer to 2 years. 3 inches for a Chaco seems awful fast. If indeed it is a she, you can expect at least another 15 years from her.

 

[smallbike]

@smallbike : welcome aboard. Great to have you. Love your avatar. I suspect he/she is closer to 2 years. 3 inches for a Chaco seems awful fast. If indeed it is a she, you can expect at least another 15 years from her.

That’s what I thought, closer to 2 (maybe 3?) years. Not only is she big but she’s already got stripes on her legs like an adult, even if they haven’t reached their full color potential.

Anyways, I hope to have her for a long time!

 

[LC72uk]

Welcome to the Group...............LC72UK

 

[LGTARANTULAS]

Great to have you here ma boets! Upload some more photos of that beauty to the gallery!

 

[Arachnoclown]

Welcome... beautiful spider for sure.

 

[Cody-Myles]

Welcome [emoji846].
I'd second others in the 2-3 years bit. Apparently they reach adult size at 3 years but I even question that because mine has been with me for 6 months as a sling (as you've seen) and has moulted once growing maybe no more than 0.25". It will take another year or so for mine to even reach near a juvenile and I'd say yours is sub-adult so has to be a good 2+ years of clockwork moulting.
Best of luck with her, they're an extremely slow grower so don't expect a moult from her any time soon [emoji6]


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[smallbike]

Hi everyone- just when I thought I’d gotten over my new-spider-Mom anxieties, now I’m worried that she’s not a golden knee at all! She was kind of a rescue, so her background info could be totally wrong. Do you think she might be an A. Seemanni?

 

[Arachnoclown]

Gold stripes or white/cream stripes??? Hard to tell in the picture...

 

[Cody-Myles]

Does she spend her time out and about mostly or hidden in her hide?. Seemanni are fossorial so spend their time hidden away in their burrow but Chaco are terrestrial and spend a lot of time out in the open?!


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[Cody-Myles]

PS: my Seemanni is constantly in her hide but my Chaco was always sitting out in the open.


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[Arachnoclown]

A. seemanni .....pulchripes will be all dark.

 

[smallbike]

Hmm. She seems to split her time between the hide and being out and about, and she is lighter underneath, but more of a rusty color than tan or peach. Her leg stripes are cream, but I was thinking maybe that’s because she’s (supposedly) a juvenile. For all I know she’s a he too.

 

[smallbike]

I’m just worried because she’s got a dry habitat and it gets chilly in my room, which I would be a lot more worried about if she’s a Seemanni

 

[Cody-Myles]

Also if her spinnerets are a light colour the same as her underside then Seemanni. If she splits her time then I'd say Chaco cus Seemanni are notorious for making it look like you have a box of dirt [emoji849]. The top of the carapace on a Seemanni will have the same light colour around the joints of her legs where they attach to the carapace. They have quite distinct markings that can tell them apart from chacos. Here's my Seemanni sub-juvi with the aforementioned light colourations.

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[Cody-Myles]

Tbh as Arachnoclown stated.
The easiest way to tell is the underside, Chacos have a near black underside.


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[smallbike]

Well, lucky for us, she enjoys showing off her belly. I guess I have an A. Seemanni then?

*time to freak out about the temperature in my room*