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Hey all,
I've been wondering about this for some time: I know that about all the molts from my spiders happen during the daytime, why is this? The only reason I can come up with is the temperature, cause I could think of no other reason for a spider to molt during the day. I don't know if this is only in captivity or in the wild also. Any thoughts on this?
greetz,
Joost
ps. Yes! my juvenile B. smithi is now frantically laying down a silk web, so guess today is the day for him (time: 2:35 pm) so another one in the daytime
update: it's now on its back (time: 2:47 pm)
I've been wondering about this for some time: I know that about all the molts from my spiders happen during the daytime, why is this? The only reason I can come up with is the temperature, cause I could think of no other reason for a spider to molt during the day. I don't know if this is only in captivity or in the wild also. Any thoughts on this?
greetz,
Joost
ps. Yes! my juvenile B. smithi is now frantically laying down a silk web, so guess today is the day for him (time: 2:35 pm) so another one in the daytime
update: it's now on its back (time: 2:47 pm)
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