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I think I read about 2years old, but just was wondering. Chewy still has the black banding you guys talked about on him, and he's over 2 years. Will he most likely keep that coloration now?
Thanks Eve

I have a male redback who is mostly just a dark chocolate brown or black and about 2 1/2 years old.

have left again, LOL Where the heck do they go? My goodness, it gets deader than the ole doornail, round here sometimes!
Glad your here, post some pics , have not seen any for awhile. Eve

Impatient. Anyway it is very variable. Some do not get full color until about 4 years of age some at two. And it seems that the color will change throughout their life. The AZ redbacks tend to start to turn more black with age once they reach their peak color. Eve your NV chuck is typical with the banding. There are some ranges there that have white chucks with black banding. The color is so variable even in like locales. I think yours is typical from what comes around the Las Vegas area. A guy sent me one a few years ago that was from the Vegas area that was about 16 inches and had was a tan color with black banding. Ones further south will be speckled with red and even further South in Nevada there are redbacks but they do not have the intense red the AZ redbacks have. It would take a lifetime to map out the color phases they are so variable. Hope this helps, Tom

Some of the redbacks never get a lot of red. It is really hard to tell when young though what they will turn out to look like unless it is an exceptioal specimen. I still look at yours and it looks like a female to me. Does it have large femoral pores?

NOW I'm wondering! I'll have to check then get back to you!
Great news about Winnie though. Her foot has finally healed up!!!!!!!!!!! Honey is amazing!!!! You wouldn't believe it! I'll try to get a picture and post. An answered prayer!!

Smart A## !! Mr Greb, your funny, ya have to wait a week around here for results, GET WITH IT CHUCK DUDE ! Thank you LMAO Eve