Stretch!

[Nightstalker47]

A picture thread dedicated to the post molt stretch behavior. I personally love catching them in this position, something about it lol. Lets see your shots if you have any.

Ill kick it off with these.

 

[BoyFromLA]

I’d love to add a few as well.

 

[Ungoliant]

One Stretchy Boi ( Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

One Stretchy Boi (♂ Acanthoscurria geniculata 3.5")

• Ungoliant
• Jul 1, 2018
• acanthoscurria acanthoscurria geniculata genicula geniculata juvenile juvenile male male stretching whitebanded tarantula

Genicula doing a stretch

 

[Demonclaws]

Massive mature male.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Massive mature male.

Very nice, what species is this?

 

[Marika]

 

[Demonclaws]

Very nice, what species is this?

Bought it as Phormictopus sp., never found out what it is.

 

[Nightstalker47]

Bought it as Phormictopus sp., never found out what it is.

That's unfortunate, no breeding for him then. Great looking spider though, how large is he?

 

[Demonclaws]

That's unfortunate, no breeding for him then. Great looking spider though, how large is he?

The molt was 6.5", so I am guessing 6.75" - 7" now.

 

[Nightstalker47]

The molt was 6.5", so I am guessing 6.75" - 7" now.

Easily, phormic MMs can put on some impressive size on their final molts...an inch or more would not be uncommon.

 

[Ungoliant]

Massive mature male.

"They told me I could be anything I wanted, so I became a sparassid."

 

[BoyFromLA]

Freshly molted Thrixopelma ockerti, and Brachypelma albopilosum.

 

[WolfSoon]

I dig this thread! This is the best I can do though, not a lot of yoga going on over here.

 

[Thekla]

The cutest pokie-like stretch I witnessed with my Homoeomma sp. fire (E. sp. red) sling:

 

[Nightstalker47]

A couple more shots from this week.

 

[miss moxie]

A couple more shots from this week.
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Look at those colors, phew.

 

[BoyFromLA]

Freshly molted Chilobrachys fimbriatus.

 

[lostbrane]

Looks like the P. vittata still needs to relieve some tension.

 

[Olan]

 

[bathsheba]

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Wow beautiful colors. What species is this?