Bad molt??

[Tar]

So when my p vitatta recently molted I saw this on her pedipalp and immediately took a picture of it to post it here because IDK what it is is it a bad molt???? I literally have no idea I just know that it's definitely not normal.(it looks like blood)

 

[sdsnybny]

Pic is kinda blurry for positive ID. but looks like emboli of a MM to me.

 

[Tar]

Pic is kinda blurry for positive ID. but looks like emboli of a MM to me.

A Blood clot??

 

[Marijan2]

A Blood clot??

No, emboli are males sex organs used to insert their sperm into female spermathecae

 

[Tar]

No, emboli are males sex organs used to insert their sperm into female spermathecae

The hooks?

 

[Marijan2]

In other words, your boy is ready to rock'n'roll with some pretty vittata ladies

The hooks?

pokies have no tibial hooks

 

[Tar]

In other words, your boy is ready to rock'n'roll with some pretty vittata ladies
He's MM already?


pokies have no tibial hooks

 

[Tar]

In other words, your boy is ready to rock'n'roll with some pretty vittata ladies



pokies have no tibial hooks

He's already MM???

 

[14pokies]

He's a mature male. Ps Ts "Blood" is not red it's clear

 

[Marijan2]

He's already MM???

Yep, i don't know why you mentioned "already" word, but i assume he is a lot smaller than you thought it will be when matured. I personally had one MM subfusca where he was barely 3", and they can go even smaller

 

[Tar]

Yep, i don't know why you mentioned "already" word, but i assume he is a lot smaller than you thought it will be when matured. I personally had one MM subfusca where he was barely 3", and they can go even smaller

Yep I expected him to be like 5-5/2 inches but he is just 4 inches. Oh well

 

[14pokies]

Oh well

Don't look at this as a bad thing my man.. Send him out on a breeding loan..

 

[KezyGLA]

Agreed that looks like emboli. He's the right size for maturity too. Most OW males mature much smaller than NW males.

Get him out on the rounds and get his spawn out there

 

[Tar]

Definitely putting him for a breeding loan, so he can do something (other than eating)before he passes away.

 

[KezyGLA]

Definitely putting him for a breeding loan, so he can do something (other than eating)before he passes away.

If he would even eat. It's tough being male in the arachnid world.

 

[Andrea82]

By mentioning it as a 'her' on your first post, you assumed it was a female? Did you buy it as a female?Or was it unsexed?