16hrs for initial brood molts.

[Elytra and Antenna]

Proud papa.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Heterophrynus? Nice pic.

 

[donniedark0]

That thing scares me lol.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Heterophrynus? Nice pic.

Yes. Offspring numbered 25 (unless I missed one) and took 16 hours to molt. Mother and father were captive hatched.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

That thing scares me lol.

They're harmless but they like to climb up your arm and onto your back and they jump. They frighten me because I think I'll lose it or kill it.

 

[Ambly]

absolutely AWESOME amblypygid. Keep the pictures comin

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Mom is a molt younger so her body dimensions are not equivalent to the male and females have shorter palps anyway.

 

[Alltheworld601]

That first picture is like the cutest thing I have ever seen. I love super long legs. Harvestmen and Cellar Spiders are among my favorite arachnids to squee over. He looks like he's just standing there enjoying the view. I want one.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Immatures can catch and eat prey larger than their body but I am low on the foods they prefer presently. I got the bright idea to throw in a ton of hatchling D. paulinoi. I've been watching them for signs of trouble (D. paulinoi exude defensive poisonous quinones) and was a little worried they'd start falling over dead. They didn't seem to be interested in the prey at first but now they seem to be taking them out at a fair clip.

 

[rm90]

How cute. Thanks for sharing that photo with us. It has peeked my interest again , I have always wanted to get a few..

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

They're already molting to 5th instar.

 

[Ambly]

WOOO pictures! They are so difficult to come across;(

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

WOOO pictures! They are so difficult to come across;(

No, but here's a molt to 4th.

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

By no I meant no image of the molt to 5th.

 

[Ambly]

Ah great picture! I meant any pictures of them in their 5th, didn't mean specifically molting but that is fantastic.