Hi all,
I purchased a bunch of L. striatus slings a couple of years ago, they've sat in a corner of my collection not really doing much and growing extremely slowly. Apart from one who ate all the pies However after 2 years he was still only about 2.5" (most of the others are knocking around 1-1.5") and last week much to my surprise he moulted out into a 3" ish mature male! Now my understanding was that L. striatus was supposed to be quite a bulky species so my question is is there a huge sexual dimorphism in this species or have I got a freak? Or could he maybe not be L. striatus?
Find attached a photo of the offending spider
I purchased a bunch of L. striatus slings a couple of years ago, they've sat in a corner of my collection not really doing much and growing extremely slowly. Apart from one who ate all the pies However after 2 years he was still only about 2.5" (most of the others are knocking around 1-1.5") and last week much to my surprise he moulted out into a 3" ish mature male! Now my understanding was that L. striatus was supposed to be quite a bulky species so my question is is there a huge sexual dimorphism in this species or have I got a freak? Or could he maybe not be L. striatus?
Find attached a photo of the offending spider
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