Who molted today?

Ungoliant

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Edit: Psych! I pulled out the enclosure this morning (it's normally on a shelf where I can only see one side) to get a better look. (There are now two other places where she excavated against the glass, and I can see into her burrow.) There is no molt.

Well trolled, Miss Hissypants! :troll:
Miss Hissypants, the Ceratogyrus marshalli that trolled me last month, has actually molted.

She had not molted in so long that I began to doubt my diagnosis of pre-molt. So two days ago, I left a mealworm with a crushed head at the entrance just in case. This afternoon, there is no sign of the mealworm, so I pulled her enclosure out to peer into her burrow. Sure enough, there is a molt thoroughly embedded in the wall of her burrow. (I can only see a femur.)

So now she is enjoying a fat dubia roach for her patience.

My big guy (A. genic) just finished molting! His previous molt was in November. Not sure of his DLS now, but the molt was pushing 6".
Wow. I don't see any emboli, so he should be a big boy when he finally does mature.
 
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Arachnophoric

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It's a molting party over here! 4 molts in the last 24 hours;

N. chromatus female, now 3+"

G. pulchripes, unsexed, ~2"
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Also got a molt from my M. balfouri that's hinting female, and can just spy a molt in the burrow of my Chilobrachys sp. Cambodia Blue.

Still have my N. chromatus male, N. tripepii unsexed, and B. hamorii female in premolt, and those are the ones I know of! :rofl:
 

dangerforceidle

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It wasn't today, and no photos, but my female C. meridionalis is leggier and skinnier. Her fangs seem to already be hardened as well so a feeding is imminent. Very shy and reclusive, so I had no idea. She was due, however, so it makes sense.
 

R89900

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Just watched my fist full molt :D was so excited and nervous at the same time. It was my p muticus sling, I don't care how slow she grows. She's BEAUTIFUL :p
 

YellowBrickRoad

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Not much to report. Several molts this week, only 2 to show.

Brachypelma hamorii 4.5in large female
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Brachypelma emilia 3.25in small female
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Cheers!
YellowBrickRoad
 

draconisj4

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L. klugi and N. chromatus slings molted this morning. Not T's but my 2 Pystalla horrida nymphs also molted in the last couple days.
 

The Grym Reaper

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T. sp. 'Panama' and A. minatrix both moulted last night.

Waiting on:

B. albopilosum (Nicaragua)
B. vagans
T. sp. 'Caribbean Diamond'
P. irminia
H. sp. 'Fire'
 

Sinned

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The temperatures here are finally helping a bit, G. pulchra molted again... expecting her sack mate of doing the same but that one is a digger :p (dirt curtains)

 

Toddydog

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My P. metallica just molted last night and I figured I'd make a little collage to show how much she's grown.
Edit: they are all just post molts except for the last picture which is right before a molt
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Greasylake

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One of my unsexed N. Chromatus slings molted. Just waiting on the other 3 now. Abdomens are so dark it has to be any day now.
 
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