Psalmopoeus irminia stripes fading?

[Will West]

Do P. irminia lose their stripes as they age? Mine molted recently and come out with much less orange then her usual coloring. Definitely a female. I do have a 'before and after' picture

 

[Chebe6886]

Are you talking the abdomen orange stripes or the orange lighting bolts on the legs?
Either way the lightening bolts get more prominent and the abdominal ones get less distinct but never went away completely. Not with the two I raised any ways

 

[Asgiliath]

I'm more concerned about the melting....

 

[Will West]

I'm more concerned about the melting....

I was so confused for a moment

 

[Liquifin]

If you have a picture as a visual it would help much more than descriptions. But if it's recently molted, then you should let it harden up and recover from the molt. As colors may fade or become more prominent after hardening up from molting.

 

[Will West]

Are you talking the abdomen orange stripes or the orange lighting bolts on the legs?
Either way the lightening bolts get more prominent and the abdominal ones get less distinct but never went away completely. Not with the two I raised any ways

If you have a picture as a visual it would help much more than descriptions. But if it's recently molted, then you should let it harden up and recover from the molt. As colors may fade or become more prominent after hardening up from molting.

It's been about a month since the last molt. Seems long enough for the true colors to come thru. I've never had a tarantula lose colors after a molt but I know its a thing. I just didn't know it was a thing with P irminia

 

[jaw6053]

Wow that's odd. I have one that's only a year old but very interesting to see this.

 

[Will West]

Do P. irminia lose their stripes as they age? Mine molted recently and come out with much less orange then her usual coloring. Definitely a female. I do have a 'before and after' picture

Wow that's odd. I have one that's only a year old but very interesting to see this.

I'm not sure on the age of mine. She was an adult when I got her, I've had her for about 2 years now

 

[Chebe6886]

Very likely it could be old age influences. These grow quick so there’s no telling how old she was when you got her.

 

[Will West]

Very likely it could be old age influences. These grow quick so there’s no telling how old she was when you got her.

Thanks, didn't realize that these are a faster growing species.

 

[Chebe6886]

Thanks, didn't realize that these are a faster growing species.

Yeh they can easily mature within a year if fed well and kept up around 85F. If you haven’t raised a sling irminia or Cambridgei I highly recommend it.

 

[jaw6053]

Very likely it could be old age influences. These grow quick so there’s no telling how old she was when you got her.

They sure do grow fast. Mine is already 3.5 inches and I got it in January as a 3/4" sling.

 

[Will West]

Yeh they can easily mature within a year if fed well and kept up around 85F. If you haven’t raised a sling irminia or Cambridgei I highly recommend it.

I do have a p pulcher sling. It's in pre-molt now. Hoping for a big size and color change

They sure do grow fast. Mine is already 3.5 inches and I got it in January as a 3/4" sling.

Wow, that crazy fast

 

[Pepper]

They sure do grow fast. Mine is already 3.5 inches and I got it in January as a 3/4" sling.

My p pulcher has molted 3 times in 150 days

 

[Will West]

My p pulcher has molted 3 times in 150 days

Mine was 3/4 sling, purchased about a month and a half ago, has molted once but am expecting another molt in a few days

 

[Chebe6886]

Once you keep scorpions Tarantula molts are very underwhelming. They might grow 10-15%. A scorpion will damn near double in size

 

[Will West]

Once you keep scorpions Tarantula molts are very underwhelming. They might grow 10-15%. A scorpion will damn near double in size

Thats really cool. I just got a small C vittatus. Can't wait to watch it grow.

 

[Dorifto]

Once you keep scorpions Tarantula molts are very underwhelming. They might grow 10-15%. A scorpion will damn near double in size

My dirty mind thought another thing that could double it's size...

Obviously is my T collection

 

[NukaMedia Exotics]

This happens with most species as they get older, sounds like it could be the case since you got her as an adult.