[HighlandYorkies]

Originally Posted by jp4m2

I thought I'd just do it tonight, my son says it's nothing rare just a Rose Hair....it's hard to judge scale but it's body is about 4 inches long w/o adding the legs....

Yep....a Grammostola....looks like a Rosea, they have a Pink carapace, and pinkish/ brownish legs, but the leg stripes confuse me...that looks like a Grammostola Aureostriata....mine are babies, about half grown, so will get hubby to confirm, but the Rosea is the most favourate to start off with....I brought FLUFFY home first, and she is a Grammostola Rosea. She was sub-adult 5 years ago, but moulted to adult just after we got her. You also get a Red colour form now too, it is rarer, and we have a female and have just bought a male to breed her.
The Aureostriatas are nice - they are mine(just half grown females) - Kenny got them for me as I like the VERY GENTLE Grammostolas ! A lot of people will handle those, even kids, and they are timid beasties with not a bad bite, if they EVER do which is rare.

She is a very big beautiful female anyway !
(Large abdomen - males have much smaller one)
She is fully grown and mature !
She will go without food for long periods, although you do get the hungry ones. Our Fluffy never eats - only rarely, but the red colour form is a greedy so and so.
They are a fab spider to have, though you do get the snobs who say oh it's just a Rosea, trying to sound big, as they have the more dangerous Asians. Don't listen to them - you can be sure that they started off with a Grammy themselves and just don't admit it !
My hubby is onto more species now, but he still likes Fluffy ! He is planning a mate for her too ! She is smaller than yours. Yours looks quite big.
She will live about 15 years !
I will still get Kenny to answer in a few hours.
Luv Debra x x x Grammy lover, hee hee....nice, slow, ...and gentle !
p.s What's her name ?