Who molted today?

sdsnybny

sdsnybny

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Snagged my female P. rufilata molt boy is she a big girl. 1.25-1.5" to over 8" in 17 months ;) I'll post a ruler pic when the molt dries out a bit.
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boina

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boina said:
My adult 0.1 Homoeomma sp. blue is molting today... I think. She's refused food for about 8 months, has sported a dark butt for about one month, made her molting hammock 2 days ago and just sat on it and this morning finally got around to turning on her back and getting comfortable. I really hope she will have molted when I get home but I wouldn't bet on it. She's very slooowww in everything she does.
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Yes. She molted. And she's a he. :sour:. I bought him two years ago as an 'molt confirmed' female. Unfortunately I failed to confirm that myself - I think his only other molt was too messed up to properly sex. Now it's obvious - very conspicious hooks. o_O:arghh:. I'm also conspiciously annoyed.

On a more positive note, my largest G. pulchra molted, too - and she's still a she and still rather small - molt is 3.5" and she doesn't look all that much bigger.

Edit: I just looked it up - I had two molts from him. Why didn't I ever check them??
 
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Karli

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I woke up this morning to see that my Brachypelma boehmei and my Davus pentaloris had molted. :D These are the two I'm most eager to see grow since they're still so young and small. I have a P. scrofa who has been in premolt for what seems like 100 years. Can't wait for her to get some new clothes as she seems terribly uncomfortable and cranky as of late.
 
JoshDM020

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Woke up to a molted C. cyaneopubescens. The faulty leg now looks completely normal. I have no pictures because he has decided to molt under the heaviest area of webbing. He did push the molt out of the webbing, though. Definitely a male. I better start studying packing!
 
Misty Day

Misty Day

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Adult female P.metallica, probably around 6.5 inches now. Was a solid 6 before the molt. She's more black this molt than the bright blue she normally is, I've heard metallicas do that as they get bigger/older though. Molt was crunchy so she probably molted a few days ago, will throw some pics up on the genus gallery later, can't now as my phones not charged enough to use the flash. :p
 
Stormsky

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My B. albopilosum sling molted on July 18 and at that time I predicted it would molt next today.
It molted yesterday so I was off by 1 day...
Then just to rub it in, my C. versicolor sling decided to molt today instead.
 
JoshDM020

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Psalmopoeus cambridgei sling molted yesterday. Once it hardens up, its time for a rehouse. My first with this one since unboxing. Nervous, but i can definitely handle it.
I know people say this a lot, but im actually fairly positive it actually doubled in size. I knew these grew fast but... wow.
Will have pictures asap, theres just too much webbing for a camera to see through now.
 
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Had a surprise double molt today! Just came home from work to my LP sling - about 1.5-2" - on her back (this one was expected, classic late pre-molt signs all over the place) and my P. metallica already finished with a molt (totally unexpected, rejected her first meal just a few days ago).
 
Gloomcookie

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My B. cabocla...."Maraca" is almost done as I write this. She is now almost a whole inch and a half :happy:
 
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