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she's 5"+
My female ornata!
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she's 5"+
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Those purples and greens are fantastic
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looks like it the sp. blue forum. Congrats!
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She's pretty.
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Looks like the "Freshly Molted" form
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Lol thanks everyone. She molted two days ago. And right now I'd say she's just in the purple color form for the ornata.
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LOL Kyle, how long till my ornatas reach the sp. Purple phase?Looks like the "Freshly Molted" form
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So with the whole "blue phase" thing, is it just that the "blue phase" ornata have diffrent banding on the back of their legs?
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Personally I don't see any point in noting a color phase at the end of the scientific name due to the fact that your ornata or [insert scientific name and color phase here] is going to undergo many color shifts during it's lifetime for many reasons, such as; juvenile reaching adult coloration, hardening and softening of the exoskeleton, subadult reaching maturity, et cetera.
Your purple phase ornata is going to be brown phase before it's next molt, and could very well molt out as a blue phase next time.
Not always true, some specimens do posess a specfic natural color I just don't feel it's necessary, because it's not always certain for one reason or another.
Your purple phase ornata is going to be brown phase before it's next molt, and could very well molt out as a blue phase next time.
Not always true, some specimens do posess a specfic natural color I just don't feel it's necessary, because it's not always certain for one reason or another.
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Oh I see. That's very interesting. I hope she'll stay purple. She's been like that ever since i've got her.
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She is absolutely stunning none the less, I hope my ornatas grow up to be just like her... And hopefully a him
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Thanks guys Now just gonna wait another dreadful molt until I can actually breed her! D:
Now just gonna wait another dreadful molt until I can actually breed her! D:- Joined
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Well I got her at 3" and probably about 6 months? That's a guess I'm sure it's way more so I'll say 6-10 months, somewhere in between that time frame.
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his ornatas are killer, I got 6 and they were such a steal that i gave one to one of my good friends as a sort of, thank you for introducing me to the hobby. He also got a P. Cambridgei and 2 P. irminia from me today. Lucky him, wish I had someone giving me free spiders.
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Man she is gorgeous!:clap: Still have'nt ventured in to the world of pokies yet but an ornata will be on that shopping list!
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Very nice T!! :clap:
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Nice!
Looks like the lowland form.
Looks like the lowland form.
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Lowland ornata? Are you sure you aren't thinking of subfusca?