My A.Geniculata recently molted and is now approximately 2 inches. She now seems to have this pinkish hue to her that wasn’t present before this molt. She’s super pretty! I haven’t seen this hue on other juveniles, so I was curious if this was just temporary after her molt. Here is a pic for reference.
A.Geniculata color post molt
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My A.Geniculata recently molted and is now approximately 2 inches. She now seems to have this pinkish hue to her that wasn’t present before this molt. She’s super pretty! I haven’t seen this hue on other juveniles, so I was curious if this was just temporary after her molt. Here is a pic for reference.
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Yes it's temporary for fresh juvies to have a pinkish hue when fresh for A. genics.
Thank you! I had a feeling it wasn’t going to last. Too bad though!
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Incredible looking specimen!
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The pink goes away, but my AF always sports very red setae on her opisthosoma after each molt.
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But it's when they're fresh, right?
MainMann
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it's the colors of a freshly molted T that hasn't fully hardened yet. My vagans gains a pinkish-copper hue when he's fresh polt molt. But it goes away around 2 weeks post molt
The Grym Reaper
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It looks like it's still teneral, that'll fade as it hardens up.
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Here is my boy looking pretty in pink about a month after he molted. As time wore on, he darkened.
Beautiful spider!Here is my boy looking pretty in pink about a month after he molted. As time wore on, he darkened.
