JonnyTorch
Arachnotwit
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- May 10, 2020
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My P. metallica that I've had for a few months now went into premolt and refused it's last meal so I took out the prey and let it's do it's thing. It has molted for me twice with no problems. This time I went to check on it and I noticed it's literally hanging from it's webbing from it's front two legs vertically. It's not leaning against it's web or the cork bark, it's hanging from it's first two legs. It's in heavy premolt, the abdomen is shiny and it didn't want to eat the last few days.
Over the last two weeks it moved from the ground webbing area to making a TP shaped cone at the top of the bark, sealing off the top, with the bottom area open. It's about a 1-1.5" sling. The substrate is slightly moist, but isn't soaked or drenched. I noticed about 2 hours ago that it's in this position, and it hasn't moved at all. For a sling this size I would have imagined a carapace popping by now at least. It's like it's dangling, motionless. Not sure when to worry. I've had an adult porteri take 8 hours to molt after going on it's back, and a GBB take 3 hours as a small(ish) sling to molt but they moved at least a little bit. I'm getting worried about the thing, I love this spider. It's abdomen is a little big and shiny, I can only figure it could be resting for an extended amount of time before the molt, or it exhausted itself and failed to molt altogether. I guess I will update tomorrow if it has molted yet.
Over the last two weeks it moved from the ground webbing area to making a TP shaped cone at the top of the bark, sealing off the top, with the bottom area open. It's about a 1-1.5" sling. The substrate is slightly moist, but isn't soaked or drenched. I noticed about 2 hours ago that it's in this position, and it hasn't moved at all. For a sling this size I would have imagined a carapace popping by now at least. It's like it's dangling, motionless. Not sure when to worry. I've had an adult porteri take 8 hours to molt after going on it's back, and a GBB take 3 hours as a small(ish) sling to molt but they moved at least a little bit. I'm getting worried about the thing, I love this spider. It's abdomen is a little big and shiny, I can only figure it could be resting for an extended amount of time before the molt, or it exhausted itself and failed to molt altogether. I guess I will update tomorrow if it has molted yet.