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I bought this as P. formosa about 6 mos ago, it looked verry muted and faded and the seller told me he thought it was W/C, it had a strange black discoloration across the top of the abdomen I thought was prob. some sort of scar since it was W/C I figured anything could have happened and it would lessen as the spider continued to molt and grow.
I decided not to sell this individual till it molted out and was "pretty" as a P formosa should be but also found myself thinking that it realy didnt look much like other P formosa I had seen, even individuls badly needing a molt, I attributed this to being W/C as well and sat back and waited for a shed.
About a week ago she finealy shed and to my suprise she looks just like she did before the molt, even the discolored "Scar" on her abdomen changed little if at all, the only real change I can note is the front occular area took on a blueish color that was not there before and this again I have not noticed in other P formosa I have kept or raised.
Here are some pix of my ugly little girl, being her dad I still love her but I can see why even a small, awkward male missing a palp might find himself throwing this one out of bed, or dropping a leg to get out of there the next morning, anyone else see this kind of coloration on P formosa or any pokie for that matter? what about the discoloration on the abdomen? it almost looks as if the coloration I'd expect from a formosa is peeking out through a rip in her pale faded cuticle, Pie -Bald kinda.
These are pix from about a week post molt when she should be just dripping w/ formosalicious beauty, clearly she is not, the molt was complete and the shed skin came off very easily and quickly yet she seriously did not brighten or hardly change appearance at all, I have never seen a pokie of any type as muted as she is directly following a problem free molt, I can only assume she is just plain ugly, once she gets fed up and "fat" again I think dates for this one will be few and far between, she realy is the "ugliest Pokie I have ever seen!!"
Here she is
The discoloration on the abdomen does not stick out like a bump, if you run your finger over it it is as smooth as the rest of the abdomen, eyes closed, by feel, you would not know it was there........
I decided not to sell this individual till it molted out and was "pretty" as a P formosa should be but also found myself thinking that it realy didnt look much like other P formosa I had seen, even individuls badly needing a molt, I attributed this to being W/C as well and sat back and waited for a shed.
About a week ago she finealy shed and to my suprise she looks just like she did before the molt, even the discolored "Scar" on her abdomen changed little if at all, the only real change I can note is the front occular area took on a blueish color that was not there before and this again I have not noticed in other P formosa I have kept or raised.
Here are some pix of my ugly little girl, being her dad I still love her but I can see why even a small, awkward male missing a palp might find himself throwing this one out of bed, or dropping a leg to get out of there the next morning, anyone else see this kind of coloration on P formosa or any pokie for that matter? what about the discoloration on the abdomen? it almost looks as if the coloration I'd expect from a formosa is peeking out through a rip in her pale faded cuticle, Pie -Bald kinda.
These are pix from about a week post molt when she should be just dripping w/ formosalicious beauty, clearly she is not, the molt was complete and the shed skin came off very easily and quickly yet she seriously did not brighten or hardly change appearance at all, I have never seen a pokie of any type as muted as she is directly following a problem free molt, I can only assume she is just plain ugly, once she gets fed up and "fat" again I think dates for this one will be few and far between, she realy is the "ugliest Pokie I have ever seen!!"
Here she is
The discoloration on the abdomen does not stick out like a bump, if you run your finger over it it is as smooth as the rest of the abdomen, eyes closed, by feel, you would not know it was there........
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