Christmas Molt!!!!!

[Steve Calceatum]

Literally, I got a Christmas gift right on the stroke of midnight....actually at 12:30, when I got home from a Christmas party. Se7en, my seven-legged G. pulchripes, gave me a molt:

......and now has all EIGHT legs!!!!!! (I don't think I'll be changing her name to Ocho, though)

Yup, it's a girl!!!!! (at least now I won't have to change her name to Sven, LOL)

So, I feel like Santa just brought me two gifts....a molt, and a female confirmation!!! Now, will I get a third gift by this one somehow changing from cranky-bitey spidey to the temperament she is supposed to have???


Merry Christmas, everyone!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Redneck]

Congrats!! She is purddy! It dont look like I am going to be to lucky.. Though my C. andersoni molted 2 days ago close enough for Christmas..

 

[Ariel]

Congrats!!! She's gorgeous!!! I've got a couple of Ts in premolt, maybe they'll molt later today!

Merry Christmas!!

 

[BlackCat]

My G. pulchripes also had a Christmas molt at around 2 or 3am, along with my S. calceatum, though, none of them have a story like yours. Also got a molt from my I. hirsutum sling a few days ago, not good enough haha. Congrats!

 

[joshuai]

Awesome! My Gbb molted and is about 3+ in now and my other gbb molted to about .5 in last night.

 

[tjmi2000]

One of my P. regalis juveniles molted this morning. Alas, he is male. He came out perfect however.

 

[DaveEmory]

And I got an x-mess molt, too - my 3.5" P. miranda. Can anyone sex this, though?? I'm having a hard time...


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[Steve Calceatum]

Thanks everyone!!!! Congrats on ALL the Christmas / near-Christmas molts too!!!

BlackCat: Holy twin Chaco molts!!!! That's awesome!!! Though, my S. cal molted about 2 or three weeks ago and now sports a 3" DLS of pure evil.

Dave, you must have been ultra-good this year because Santa made your P. miranda looks like a girl!!!! Congrats!!!

 

[DaveEmory]

Dave, you must have been ultra-good this year because Santa made your P. miranda looks like a girl!!!! Congrats!!!

I dunno... it looks male to me. Here's another shot. Anyone else?? (There's a little flap, but I don't think it's a furrow.)


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[Steve Calceatum]

Wow, Dave.....That second pic does make it a bit more difficult.
That first pic had two red nodules on top of what looked like a furrow. But I don't see them in the second. :?

 

[DaveEmory]

Wow, Dave.....That second pic does make it a bit more difficult.
That first pic had two red nodules on top of what looked like a furrow. But I don't see them in the second. :?

Some quick research indicates that P. miranda spermathecae appear as a very pronounced "flag" atop a furrow, without any obvious nodules, almost like the sails on a boat. I see no evidence of that here. :8o
Ergo: http://www.arachnophiles.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=143195

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[Teal]

Congrats Steve! What a gorgeous T!

And I would say the P. miranda is male..

 

[Big B]

My T. apophysis molted Xmas eve. Great start to Xmas ~2" now.