Missing Leg Growth

3Spider

Arachnopeon
Joined
May 18, 2013
Messages
0
My Caribena versicolor lost a leg during it's last molt. And im aware they can grow legs back over the next few molts. But I was wondering where does the new leg grow within the exo-skeleton if there is just currently a missing space where the lost leg was.
 

The Grym Reaper

Arachnoreaper
Joined
Jul 19, 2016
Messages
4,835
I think the easiest way to explain it would be that it basically forms the exoskeleton of the new leg inside the coxa and then inflates it with haemolymph as it moults.
 

3Spider

Arachnopeon
Joined
May 18, 2013
Messages
0
I think the easiest way to explain it would be that it basically forms the exoskeleton of the new leg inside the coxa and then inflates it with haemolymph as it moults.
Nice one, guess thats also why it takes a few molts for the leg to get back to normal.
 
Top