the growing up thread

[ArachnoJoost]

Hey,
I thought it would be fun to open a thread with 'before and after' pictures, in other words a growing up thread.
I'll start it up with a P. regalis, this is how it was (october 2002):

 

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And this is what it looks like today:

 

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next is the B. smithi, this is what it looked like around march 2002:

 

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...and this is what it looks like today:

 

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Last up is the A. geniculata, this is what it looked like in february 2003:

 

[ArachnoJoost]

...and this is how it looks today, 3 molts later:
I would like to see pics of your babies growing up!

 

[Buspirone]

Wow...the A. genic. grows fast. I really need to order about a half dozen different Ts soon or I'm gonna have a stroke. Thanks for sharing your pics!

 

[Vys]

Damnit there's that coin we're thinking of importing again...it's mockery, mockery, I tell you. Please distort the map or put Norway on it ? :/

 

[DiStUrBeD-OnE]

My A. Geniculata Molts almost every month on the month.. got it about 3 months ago at 3/4", its about 1 1/2 now (And about to molt again)
its one of my fav spiders.


Ian

 

[LPacker79]

Neat idea for a thread!
Here's my L. parahybana when I got her in January. 1.5"

And here she is now at about 2.5".

L. striatipes at around 2 inches in January:

And now at almost 3 inches:

C. cyaneopubescens in January:

And now:

 

[skadiwolf]

wow guys. this IS a fantastic idea, especially for drooling newbies like myself.

hehehe.

well, i just recently got into this addiction as you can see from my joining date. when mine actually molt and grow, you can be sure i'll post pics.

 

[pronty]

I think I have posted these before and they're not of the actual T's but they do show the growth.... =D
The scale is in centimeters...

Here are Poecilotheria fasciata molted skins

Here are Brachypelma smithi and Brachypelma emilia molted skins

And here are the molted skins of my two Theraphosa blondi 's

 

[skadiwolf]

you are a god amongst men!

thank you SO much, that is incredible and most appreciated!!!

i am beside myself with utter delight!

=D

 

[Lopez]

I've posted these before, but here goes anyway.

B albopilosum February 18th 2003
http://www.donsroom.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/PowerFeeding01

B albopilosum April 18th 2003
http://www.donsroom.co.uk/~lopez/MySpiders/PowerFeeding03

He err.....eats a lot.

 

[skadiwolf]

holy crap dude! do you feed him superworms on steroids or what? lol.

that's amazing!

 

[LPacker79]

I was on my way to bed, but I checked on the T's first......lo and behold, my GBB had molted again...and she's only been fasting for 2 days. Usually she fasts for at least 2 weeks. Snuck that one up on me.

 

[ArachnoJoost]

Cool, that's exactly the way my GBB looks now, very beautiful!
I have dug up another one of my favourites, the A. versicolor: this is what it looked like when I bought it in June 2002, very small:

 

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...via:

 

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...to what it looks like today, 6 molts from the first pic (in under a year):

 

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Last one for me (I promise ), the Cyclosternum fasciatum, here is what it looked like when I bought it (february 2003):