some questions

[GTPman4]

I have a 1 .5 year old green bottle blue T and after this past molt( roughly 1.5 months ago) he has the enlarged pedipalps as seen on male T's. My questions are:
1. How long do they live after these show up?
2.How big do male GBB T's generally get?
Mine is only2.5" - 3"

[Vanan]

At 2.5"-3" I highly doubt that it's enlarged pedipalps you're looking at. It may look bigger cos he's grown from the moult. A sure way to tell is to look for the tibial hooks on the first pair of legs. Again, I doubt you have a mature male at 3".

[GTPman4]

Vanan, I took another closer look to make sure and he does have the hooks. I also measured him again and it turns out that he is about 4".