Post molt A. Metallica

[bluerich74]

My little guy,girl molted again.Its been 3 times in the last 2 months now.Still only about the size of a 50 cent piece .Sorry about the sucky picture quality.i dont know what Im doin wrong.I have an olympus,but only 2.0 mp's

 

[skadiwolf]

beautiful T, that's one on my wishlist.

suggestions for pics:

- make sure you aren't too close and therefore messing with the autofocus function. or, put it in manual focus mode if available.

- use a flash, this will freeze any action and highlight the spider and its colors as well. unless you have a tripod, it takes a LOT of luck to hold still enough to take a good picture of any living creature.

hope this helps.

 

[Godzilla2000]

My Metallica is still a little speck. But I know they get really huge. I'm just crossing my fingers she/he molts soon.

 

[Damnathius]

In addition to using the flash, check to see if your camera has a "Macro" function, which is used for very close-in shots. Many mid to upper end digi cameras have this function.

 

[bluerich74]

i do use macro.the picture seem nuch clearer in my camera viwer before i put them on the computer,heres one of my p.formosa.it is much clearer for some reason...rich

 

[dennis]

Man, I just love A. metallica post molt pictures!! Too bad I haven't been able to make one yet . I have 2 1/2-3/4" spiderlings for over a month now, and they just won't molt, grrr!

Dennis

 

[Damnathius]

That's a cool paint job on your spider, Rich.

My Kodak seems pretty finicky about pics as well... Sometimes they are great, and other times they are crappy. Even using a tripod and the timer it is iffy.

Oh well.

 

[SpiderTwin]

Nice looking A. metallica,
I'm waiting for mine to molt too, it just started building a web a few days ago.

Dennie, have the legs on your two slings darkened up yet? That is a good indicator when a molt is getting close.

 

[dennis]

Originally posted by SpiderTwin

Dennie, have the legs on your two slings darkened up yet? That is a good indicator when a molt is getting close.

They haven't darked up yet. I know what you mean about darkening up, I have seen pics about that on www.bighairyspiders.com ... But anyway, their butts are black, and you can kinda see the new skin trough it, so that tells me a molt is near, very near.


Dennis

 

[SpiderTwin]

Ya,
I usually watch for the legs to darken up, once that happens, it should only be a couple of days until the molt. Good luck with your slings.