The heaviest on record was a captive adult female called Rosi, which topped the scales at 175g.It usually feeds on insects such as crickets and beetles, but it also eats small mammals, frogs and reptiles, injecting venom into its prey with its 20mm fangs.Although formidable to look at, a bite from this species is apparently no worse than a wasp sting.Young Theraphosa blondi spiders take 2???3 year