I've had a brown, scraggly looking A. seemanni since November. I only bought it because of the condition it was in at the pet store and I thought it would be better off with me. It has always been defensive and skittish. I never saw it jump on a cricket, so I don't know if it ever ate in my care. I would drop a cricket in its tank one day and remove it the next. On two occasions where I left the cricket in for three days, I found a dead cricket buried in the substrate once and I didn't find the other one the other time.
It also had something that looked like dried hemolymph on one of its knees, but didn't seem to have any problems walking around or running away. Although it never ate under my care (that I know of), I have seen it drink many times, especially recently. That made me think a molt was coming up and it was confirmed when its abdomen darkened.
This is what it looked like from the day I first saw it in the pet store until pre-molt.
Here it is in pre-molt.
Here it is after it molted.
Any chance it'll stay black? I know that some Ts can go through some pretty crazy color changes before and after molting and then they change color again shortly after molting. Also, any guesses on its sex? Thanks for looking!
It also had something that looked like dried hemolymph on one of its knees, but didn't seem to have any problems walking around or running away. Although it never ate under my care (that I know of), I have seen it drink many times, especially recently. That made me think a molt was coming up and it was confirmed when its abdomen darkened.
This is what it looked like from the day I first saw it in the pet store until pre-molt.
Here it is in pre-molt.
Here it is after it molted.
Any chance it'll stay black? I know that some Ts can go through some pretty crazy color changes before and after molting and then they change color again shortly after molting. Also, any guesses on its sex? Thanks for looking!
....Great looking spider though!!!
