Old molts

[pronty]

Here are some of my old molted skins.
G. rosea, A aurantiaca, A seemanni:

B. smithi, B emilia:

And my 2 T. blondis:

 

[MizM]

Incredible!!! Still amazes me how much they can grow in one molt!!

Do you secure them to the boxes in any way, or are they just "sitting" in them?

 

[Code Monkey]

That's pretty cool.
I don't have the patience or space to save exuviae anymore. As an adolescent/teen I religiously saved them all. When it came to move to college I realised that what I had was a large box full of "itching powder" that served no purpose. I threw them out and haven't saved any skins longterm - that's valuable space I could be keeping more spiders or something else in

 

[pronty]

Originally posted by terridumonte
Do you secure them to the boxes in any way, or are they just "sitting" in them?

They are just "sitting" in them.

Here's a pic of all of my molts:

 

[MizM]

Wow... beautiful! I have just been putting mine in those plastic boxes they use to keep baseball cards in, and I glue the little feet down because I display them, and some idiot will always pick it up and shake it or something!!

 

[krystal]

Originally posted by Code Monkey
I don't have the patience or space to save exuviae anymore.

that's because you have a billion spiders!

the best moults i save and put them on display in shadowboxes. i'll take pictures one day.

 

[Joy]

Very impressive displays!

Joy

 

[Philth]

Wow you sure saved alot. I glue mine to boxed frames and hang them on the wall. I hear that these wont last long though. There extremly fragile, and i think the glue will eat away at the molt with time. Will see?

 

[pronty]

Wow Philth,
that looks awesome!

I would like to put my molts in a similar frame.
"A visual growth record" of my babies


Oh yeah, in the first pic the two small skins in the bottom belong to my first T, male G. rosea. The molting dates were 30 Dec 1992 and 2 May 1993. I have kept them in my drawer and they are still in good shape.