It's molting season again! Yay!

Arborealis

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Thus far:
GBB (about 2" now)
B. auratum (about 3" now)
P. platyomma (about 4" and gett'n feisty)
I. hirsutum (about 2.5" also fiesty. sunk her little fangs into the bristles of a paint brush when I rehoused her this afternoon:D )
A. versicolor sling (just over 1"),
B. albopilosum male (about 3" now),
G. aureostriata male (about 3" now),
P. irminia (about 2" now),
E. vulpinus (a bit over 1" now. molted twice in the past two months)
P. scrofa (a hefty 3")[this one was interesting because the molt didn't detatch all the way and it looked like she was wearing a hoodie:p . the remainder of the exoskeleton came off easily and she's doing just fine:clap: ]

and last but not least 2 of my B. smithi slings, 1 B. emelia sling, my A. chalcodes sling and my B. boehmi sling. I was especially excited about the slings molting successfully because I started with 6 b. smithi slings and 5 emelia slings and 2 of the smithis and one of the emilia slings passed. Very tiny slings are sooo fragile. These are all still under an inch

Still to come:
My 6" N. chromatus male is building a molt mat as I type
My 4" A. versicolor is in premolt
and I think my 5"+ female P. murinus may be getting ready to molt again. (Seriously this girl is HUGE! with an attitude to match)

Upcoming breeding projects:
I found a mate for "Sam" my Euathlus sp. red :D so when he matures I'm hoping to breed them.
I think I will try again with my 7" G. aureostriata because she's showing no signs that the last mating session took. :( Guess I have to find her another male as her last suitor is on to other lady Ts.

I will post pictures as soon as the photo program up and running again so I can resize them.
 

Arborealis

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Update:

My N. chromatus just had his ultimate molt
and my P. murinus molted
 

Mack&Cass

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That's awesome...my girlfriend and I just walked into our bedroom to see that our G. pulchra (who doubled in size! went from 1/2" to 1"!! she's huge!), C. darlingi and Catumiri sp. had all molted while we were at work! That's definitely something we like coming home to.
 

Smitty78

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This has been a record week for me molting wise. 16 adult molts, and over 30 immamature molts. Everything from Xenethis, Pamphos, Pokies, and Theraposa to name a few. The odd thing is that over half of these are not on normal molt schedule. There has to be a pheremone that is released or something.
 

VESPidA

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Me too!

My B. vagans just molted (first T to molt in my care!) and has the cutest little red bum:D Planning to post pics when I rehouse soon.
 

Arborealis

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My Avicularia versicolor molted and she now has her full adult colors. Dear heavens she is beautiful. :clap: Definately one of my favorites in my collection.
 

lilmoonrabbit

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Hokie, how big is your baby? S/he looks so little and delicate- definitely a cutie :)
 

VESPidA

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Hokie, how big is your baby? S/he looks so little and delicate- definitely a cutie :)
aww thanks! s/he's about 1/2 inch now... very sweet! can't wait to see the stripes get bigger and brighter w/ future molts:)

what are you planning to get for your first T?
 

Sky`Scorcher

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Yes! Definitely molting season yet again. :D

13 N.Chromatus slings
4 C.crawshayi slings
2 G.Pulchripes slings
1 P.Cambridgei
1 B.emilia

and my Lividum and smithi are in premolt.

I expect my smithi to hit the 5" mark when it comes. Yey!!:D

P.S.
Nice avatar pic HokiePokie727
{D
 
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Dave

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This has been a record week for me molting wise. 16 adult molts, and over 30 immamature molts. Everything from Xenethis, Pamphos, Pokies, and Theraposa to name a few. The odd thing is that over half of these are not on normal molt schedule. There has to be a pheremone that is released or something.
I've often thought this. I notice when one molts, usually others in the vicinity are not far behind.
 

VESPidA

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Yes! Definitely molting season yet again. :D
P.S.
Nice avatar pic HokiePokie727
{D
haha thanks! it was hilarious to watch and i was so happy to have my camera handy. maybe some of her urticating hairs got to her lol
 

Mack&Cass

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Just had my 2.5" H. mac molt yesterday into a nice 3" and she also regrew a leg she lost on April 31. So far today I've had my 1" P. sp. "Platyomma" molt into 1.5" and my two Catumiri sp. molt. One molted from 1/4" to 1/2" and the other from 1/2" to 3/4" :D
 
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