I'm half-kidding, but half-serious on this one - I mean, it seems that, given the vulnerability of the spider, molting is something it would want to keep secret, but I just had my 4th molt in as many days, and it looks like I can expect more ... it makes me wonder if something is in the air ... all 4 of them are in close proximity, and although all of them have been exhibiting the tell-tale signs of pre-molt the past couple of weeks, (so the molts in themselves are not surprising), I still find it odd that they're going off in rapid succession like a string of Chinese firecrackers ... could something be triggering the cocked guns, or is all of this a co-incidence? What about our unseasonably warm weather the last couple of days, could that be it?
In a previous post detailing the last 3 molts, I asked the rhetorical question, "Who's next?" and today I found out - Tuppence, my 1/4 inch G. rosea, stripped down this evening - he's so cute - he's now a quarter-and-a-half inch (he just looks too darned tiny to claim he's 3/8" with a straight face) - so that's my Chaco on Thursday, my vagans on Friday, my LP yesterday, and Tuppence today ...
This series of multiple wardrobe changes has never happened to my brood before - I know that my versi has been acting pre-moltish, as has my GBB and my Avic avic, (in fact, of my 10 Ts, only 2 are interested in food these days), so let me tempt fate again and ask, "Who's next?"
(Maybe I should call in sick tomorrow ... shhhhhhhh!)
In a previous post detailing the last 3 molts, I asked the rhetorical question, "Who's next?" and today I found out - Tuppence, my 1/4 inch G. rosea, stripped down this evening - he's so cute - he's now a quarter-and-a-half inch (he just looks too darned tiny to claim he's 3/8" with a straight face) - so that's my Chaco on Thursday, my vagans on Friday, my LP yesterday, and Tuppence today ...
This series of multiple wardrobe changes has never happened to my brood before - I know that my versi has been acting pre-moltish, as has my GBB and my Avic avic, (in fact, of my 10 Ts, only 2 are interested in food these days), so let me tempt fate again and ask, "Who's next?"
(Maybe I should call in sick tomorrow ... shhhhhhhh!)