Possible A. Avic? A. Met?
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Possible A. Avic? A. Met?

Bought her at an LPS, labeled as an A. Avic, but she doesn't have the reddish hairs on her abdomen that most A. Avics i've seen have had.
@Scarabyte They don't always get very shiny, especially as juveniles or adults. What I have noticed is:
  • refusing food
  • more reclusive
  • less active
  • increased webbing
  • may have trouble gripping smooth vertical surfaces (the tarsal pads, which provide the friction for climbing smooth surfaces, wear out, and as the old exoskeleton separates from the new one, they lose sensitivity and control)
 
@Ungoliant yeah, she's fallen twice? directly onto the cocofiber, no injuries one time she was carrying a superworm though, only to fall, and walk over, drop the worm into the waterdish and left.
 
Nice pic!! They don't all show signs of premolt. Refusing food can be simply be a result of not being familiar with the new enclosure. A nice big full water dish, but no misting is just what you need.
 

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