Icey51115
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The moment I'd been waiting for for months came to pass a few days ago! Bijou, my P. Regius, molted!
She arrived as a juvenile in September, I am not sure which instar so I am not sure which she is now. She molted in a web nest she made on her terrarium door (worst possible place lol, and so weird because she has so many more nests up high at the top). She hung out in there for a few days, then left for a nice walk today so I pulled out the exuvium and got some pics.
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Such glamorous pink jewel-tone chelicerae!
Aaand, here she is feeling fresh and fabulous after her molt:
Does anyone have any IDs they might be able to offer here? Her coloring is neither the firey orange of a female p. regius or the obsidian black of a male p. regius. I'm really not sure if she's a male or female at this moment. I also have no real idea as to her age. If anyone has any opinions on her age or sex please feel free to leave a comment sharing! I would try to get a pic of the inside of her opisthosoma molt, but its so tiny and even my small tweezers are so big.
Someone (Nicole) even once said she looks like a p. otiosus in coloration. I actually reached out to her breeder to ask, just in case, (hopefully not rude to do so), but haven't received a response thus far.
She arrived as a juvenile in September, I am not sure which instar so I am not sure which she is now. She molted in a web nest she made on her terrarium door (worst possible place lol, and so weird because she has so many more nests up high at the top). She hung out in there for a few days, then left for a nice walk today so I pulled out the exuvium and got some pics.
View attachment 409128
Such glamorous pink jewel-tone chelicerae!
Aaand, here she is feeling fresh and fabulous after her molt:
Does anyone have any IDs they might be able to offer here? Her coloring is neither the firey orange of a female p. regius or the obsidian black of a male p. regius. I'm really not sure if she's a male or female at this moment. I also have no real idea as to her age. If anyone has any opinions on her age or sex please feel free to leave a comment sharing! I would try to get a pic of the inside of her opisthosoma molt, but its so tiny and even my small tweezers are so big.
Someone (Nicole) even once said she looks like a p. otiosus in coloration. I actually reached out to her breeder to ask, just in case, (hopefully not rude to do so), but haven't received a response thus far.
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