DcubeD
Arachnopeon
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- Sep 28, 2016
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By coincidence, I picked up an identical container in Downsview last Sunday, too, with the same handwriting on the lid and the same species sling inside ...possibly a sac-mate?...no signs of recent or impending moult (ate eagerly the next day). I'm sure yours will be fine. One of my A. versicolor slings had a rough moult three weeks ago, losing a few legs and a pedipalp, but is doing just fine now. (We'd gone off to Kingston for the weekend and found the critter partially trapped by the exuviate, when we returned: what had been free of the moult had already changed colour and was relatively resilient - what was trapped was easily thrown off with a little toothpick microsurgery as if the sling was happy to be rid of the moult) I thought the sling was going to lose both chelicerae as well, given the way the moult was dried and stuck over the top/front of the body, but was rather lucky. Well, three weeks later and it's roaming around on five legs and eating. Good luck.