Weird coloration after molting of Grammostola pulchra

[Dorifto]

Hello folks, I got new pictures of my Grammostola pulchras/quirogai today, while I was changing her setup:

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Beautiful drag queen

 

[Eratigena Atrica]

Thanks
I still don't know what's going on with her but I'm glad that she has still her great appetite after molting. She seems hungrier than my Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens

 

[Dorifto]

Mine is molting now! After one year and two months since last molt and 3 months from she started to refuse food.

I'm making a timelapse video of the process, and I can confirm that while molting, the old exoskeleton turned brownish, a lot, like if the old exoskeleton was oxidizing.

 

[Dorifto]

I'll post the photographs and the timelapse as soon as she finishes.

I'm not disturbing the T while filming the timelapse, it's being recorded at 2 lumens and high iso settings, so there is not going to be any superhigh res timelapse

 

[Dorifto]

Finally molted!!! The above photograph was taken 2 hours ago.

She has gave me a perfect molt too so I could make a fake tarantula to put it on the wall

As I staded before after a molt they are jet black, with a more clear (soft) exoskeleton.

New clothes:

 

[Dorifto]

And the timelapse

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[Smotzer]

And the timelapse

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This is really awesome you were able to catch the entire process!! Molting is so fascinating!!

 

[Dorifto]

Perfect molt, I had the opportunity to take the exuvia and is almost perfect.



Here you can see the brownish tint.

 

[Dorifto]

I'll try to recompose the exuvia like a gift for my mother hahahahhaa.

 

[Dorifto]

@Eratigena Atrica How is she now? Did you have more images? I'm curious about her.