Pamphobeteus sp. "platyomma" molted

[dennis]

Hi all,

Here I am again, showing off my favorite of all favorites.
This is the second time that he molted since I got him, and he just amazes me after every molt...

Here is a pic of him after his second last molt, munching down on a juicy mealworm:

 

[dennis]

And this is him after his last molt, which was yesterday...
As you can see he lost his neat pattern on his abdomen, but he got a lot bigger! And even the black with the few lighter colored hairs look cool .


Enjoy,

Dennis

 

[Static_69]

that's a very nice looking T you've got there, Dennis.




Risto

 

[Henry Kane]

Indeed!
You may find that although the abdominal pattern seems to have gone, it may still be visible (although quite muted and faint) once it fattens up again. When my 2 P. nigricolors lost the bright orange, I observed the zig-zag pattern was still apparent even 2 instars after it "seemed" to go away. (I hope that makes some sense..)

Atrax

 

[vulpina]

Nice spider, my "platyomma" is going to molt soon too.

Andy

 

[Tangled WWWeb]

They grow up so quickly....

It astonishes me how much platyommas grow and change with each molt. Nice pics, Dennie.