My A. Chalcodes molted for the first time in my care today. They molted out safe and healthy(so far), but looking unlike pictures of the male or female of the species. I was wondering if this is just natural variation, or if my T was labeled incorrectly?
Looks good! Molting darker is normal for chalcodes - if you search the Aphonopelma genus gallery and search the forums for "dark chalcodes" you'll see lots of results, like:
Heyo! I've read threads that say when an A. Chalcodes moults dark its going to be male... except, mine is very, VERY female (sold as such, ventral and moult sexed as such by myself too). She was normal chalcodes colors before, and now its been about two, three months and she's still super dark...
Hi peeps. My Arizona Blonde molted yesterday. It was brown/sandy colour before now it’s black with slight brown legs. She has turned into my Brazilian Black T!! I was calling her she because the website I bought her from (which is one of the most well known and supposedly reputable sellers of...
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