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The Lava Life -- a G. pulchra diary
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I was also surprised, actually. And I think the 3" is probably overly generous -- 2.5" is probably a better estimate, but I haven't held up a ruler to her burrow lately to get a better reference. I was definitely expecting her carapace to be darker this molt though.
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Finally spotted her sitting out before I startled her back into the burrow by stomping into the spider corner too loudly! Huzzah.
Couldn't really get a photo from the top, but her abdomen is actually smaller than her carapace -- definitely she's moving into the growth phase of putting on some heft rather than just being all leg all the time. I'm trying to feed at a good cadence to avoid another full year underground without actually non-sarcastically starving the poor girl.
Everyone's probably going to get second cricket tonight, before the feeder bin starts having the good old "big box pet store cricket die-off"
If I hadn't seen her looking so svelte, I might've skipped her for seconds.
Couldn't really get a photo from the top, but her abdomen is actually smaller than her carapace -- definitely she's moving into the growth phase of putting on some heft rather than just being all leg all the time. I'm trying to feed at a good cadence to avoid another full year underground without actually non-sarcastically starving the poor girl.
Everyone's probably going to get second cricket tonight, before the feeder bin starts having the good old "big box pet store cricket die-off"
If I hadn't seen her looking so svelte, I might've skipped her for seconds.
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Offering accepted.
Good to see that Lava is back into feeding mode, guess she prefers the privacy of her burrow currently 
Surely, she'll become more bold and spend more time on the surface as she gets larger. Hopefully, she'll also gain that "blackness" pulchras are known for next molt
Surely, she'll become more bold and spend more time on the surface as she gets larger. Hopefully, she'll also gain that "blackness" pulchras are known for next molt
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Aaaaand she delivers.Finally spotted her sitting out before I startled her back into the burrow by stomping into the spider corner too loudly! Huzzah.
