Who molted today?

greeneyedelle

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“Hey, Blue, are you hungr… Oh shiitake mushrooms, I’m so sorry, dude. Maybe if you’d warned me, I would’ve known not to bother you,” I say to the p. sazimai that someone once told me was gonna be a ‘slow grower’… that was 3 molts in less than 9 months ago 🤨
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NMTs

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Grammastola pulchra, Onyx. It was about 2.25" DLS prior, not sure how much it gained yet. Hoping I can grab this molt when I get home from work to determine gender. Check out a time lapse video of the molt here (the lights went out for a moment right at the end, but they come back on):

Time Lapse of G. pulchra Molting

Edit: after fiddling with the molt for quite a while, I'm 95% certain this is a female. It definitely had a flap, and I think I found 2 tiny nubs which are the beginning of the spermathecae:
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z32upgrader

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Haplocosmia himalayana male matured.
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A male cambridgei I have planned for breeding molted, but did not mature.
 

Shinn

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H. pulchripes sling molted into 4th instar today after 9 days of fasting. Can't get a good photo without moving the housing though.
 

ByMennen

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Being waiting on my smallest Avic Avic to molt, yesterday he sealed up the top to it's little web tunnel. In a tight spot but they're free from the old molt, looking good! White fang(s)
 

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me and my Ts

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My GBB sling finally molted again, got them as a 1st instar back in March 2021, was told they’d be about 3 inches by the end of the first year, this was their fourth molt and they’re only a little over an inch 🤦‍♂️😩😂
 

Shinn

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My GBB sling finally molted again, got them as a 1st instar back in March 2021, was told they’d be about 3 inches by the end of the first year, this was their fourth molt and they’re only a little over an inch 🤦‍♂️😩😂
Slow and steady is the way to go.
 

rock

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S. crassipes juvenile female had a nice little burrow right against the glass, but she obscured my view with webbing 😑
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