Tarantula flips on its back! [video]

[petkokc]

I was trying to record this for a looooong time and now it finally happened! And it was damn luck because I was just on my way out before I noticed my A. geniculata female laying silk bed for molt. I only saw one video so far so I think this is a pretty rare catch
Enjoy, the look so sloppy while doing it xD

 

[JumpingSpiderLady]

Cool! What's that stuff that looks like flakes she's rubbing off her abdomen before the flip? I don't mean setae. It looks like dandruff.
Very cool video!

 

[magicmed]

Very cool video indeed! Loved watching the whole process that fast!

 

[WeightedAbyss75]

Love it!

 

[Flexzone]

Cool! What's that stuff that looks like flakes she's rubbing off her abdomen before the flip? I don't mean setae. It looks like dandruff.
Very cool video!

Its they're uriticating hair, T's equipped with it normally rub it off prior to molting as a defense against being eaten.

 

[JumpingSpiderLady]

Its they're uriticating hair, T's equipped with it rub it off prior to molting as a defense against being eaten.

That flakey stuff? I didn't know the hairs looked like that.....

 

[Flexzone]

That flakey stuff? I didn't know the hairs looked like that.....

Yup

 

[JumpingSpiderLady]

Yup

Looks itchy! That's cool. Thanks!

 

[Octagon]

Awesome.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

My female just molted the other day, same silk bed. Christ, they really hate hides and a bit of privacy, lol. Always in the open :-s

 

[louise f]

Nice vid

 

[mistertim]

Yup

Good god, my arms and hands burned/itched just watching that.

 

[petkokc]

My female just molted the other day, same silk bed. Christ, they really hate hides and a bit of privacy, lol. Always in the open :-s

She had hide, never used it. Actually she did used it...to sit on top of it
I don't mind that, at least something I can show when someones want to see my tarantulas, her and C. cyaneopubescens.

 

[viper69]

What's that stuff

Urticating setae, technically not hair. Having hair is a unique and defining characteristic of being a mammal.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

Fantastic video!