Must see macro pics of the molted Siamese twins!

robc

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Wow that is amazing!!!

I wonder if they will again molt at the same time or if one will develop faster than the other and molt sooner. It would seem that if that was the case then something would have to go wrong since they are sharing the same abdomen. Nonetheless that's some really neat stuff. I say you start keeping your Ts away from whatever chemicals or highly radioactive material you have them near though ;)
Time will tell.....all i do is feed then sewer water....oh!!! thats what it is!!! LOL
 

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Subscribed! I have to know more on this. Thanks for sharing.
 

dragontears

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I just found this thread, but thought I'd tell a little story of my own...

I have a versicolor sling that had upside-down legs at first instar, with eyes and chelicera in their proper location. He molted to second instar and seemed to have started rotating his abdomen although it's hard to tell with all the blue hair in the way now. He wanders around with his head on top and can even climb the side of his vial by twisting the last digit of his legs to allow the correct side of the bottom of his feet to touch the ground. He is eating, hunting, drinking and webbing like his brothers and sisters. We'll see what he looks like after his next molt.
 

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I just found this thread, but thought I'd tell a little story of my own...

I have a versicolor sling that had upside-down legs at first instar, with eyes and chelicera in their proper location. He molted to second instar and seemed to have started rotating his abdomen although it's hard to tell with all the blue hair in the way now. He wanders around with his head on top and can even climb the side of his vial by twisting the last digit of his legs to allow the correct side of the bottom of his feet to touch the ground. He is eating, hunting, drinking and webbing like his brothers and sisters. We'll see what he looks like after his next molt.
Not valid without pics! :p
 

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I just found this thread, but thought I'd tell a little story of my own...

I have a versicolor sling that had upside-down legs at first instar, with eyes and chelicera in their proper location. He molted to second instar and seemed to have started rotating his abdomen although it's hard to tell with all the blue hair in the way now. He wanders around with his head on top and can even climb the side of his vial by twisting the last digit of his legs to allow the correct side of the bottom of his feet to touch the ground. He is eating, hunting, drinking and webbing like his brothers and sisters. We'll see what he looks like after his next molt.
please post pics!!!!
 

dragontears

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Hopefully, Rob won't mind me highjacking his thread a bit...

My little Jumble at first instar:


and some not so great second instar pictures...I've since removed the stuck molt on his pedipalps:




It's kind of hard to see through the hair, but his abdomen is sideways and the legs are still upside-down.
 

robc

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Hopefully, Rob won't mind me highjacking his thread a bit...

My little Jumble at first instar:


and some not so great second instar pictures...I've since removed the stuck molt on his pedipalps:




It's kind of hard to see through the hair, but his abdomen is sideways and the legs are still upside-down.
Don't mind at all....you just made this thread even better!!! that is awesome, although i would copyright those pics!!;)
 

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No kidding, that is awesome, dragontears. Looks like it's correcting the problem. Man spiders are so tough at times. Curse yoooooou, now I can hardly wait for my tarantula babies!
 

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That's unfortunate.

16-legged, double-sided mutant tarantulas would be kind of funny to unleash upon an unsuspecting world.
 
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