Who molted today?

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Another little tiny sling molted today, this time it's a Pterinopelma sazimai about 0.75" DLS:
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CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy

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My other OBT slings, the second of my Taksinus bambus slings and one of my P. ornata slings have all molted. Another ornata sling, the third T. bambus sling, and the genic sling are in premolt (though that hasn't stopped the latter from eating, greedy little bugger)
 

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0.0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. Hana, maybe 1.0" DLS:
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I wish it's webbing wasn't quite so thick so you could see how orange and yellow this little one is. Such tiny cuties! The other 2 I have should be right behind this one.
 

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Had a shock today when I saw that one of my Ornithoctoninae sp. "Phan Cay Blue" juveniles had molted at some point during the past week (and is definitely approaching 4 inches DLS now). Keep in mind that this juvenile had last molted less than two months ago. The other one seems to be late in its premolt stage as well given that it's webbed very extensively overnight, and given that it has consistently molted around a week or so after its sacmate.

The P. ornata sling I mentioned yesterday as being in premolt has also molted.
 

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Pulled these yesterday and sexed today (with microscope, I don't have supervision... yet ;))

From left to right:
Heterothele gabonensis - confirmed ♀
Bumba horrida - confirmed ♀
Acanthoscurria geniculata - suspected ♀

Good day today!
 

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0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp Surigao del Sur
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0.1 Pamphobeteus sp Machala. Her enclosure is small, it’s what I got her in. But she’s been in premolt so I wanted to wait to rehouse her.
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0.0.1 Theraphosinae sp. Mishana. Looks female ventrally, can't wait to get the exuvia to (hopefully) confirm...
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0.0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. Ho Chi Minh molted, too, no pics yet.
 

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Came home from work tonight to discover my 4 inch dls A. geniculata completed a molt while I was at work.

I knew it was in pre-molt and it didn't start the molting process before I left today.

Was very surprised and I can't wait until I can get an accurate size. I can tell just by the legs it bulked up quite a bit.
 
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The Spider House

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Came home from work tonight to discover my 4 inch dls A. geniculata completed a molt while I was at work.

I knew it was in pre-molt and it didn't start the molting process before I left today.

Was very surprised and I can't until I can get an accurate size. I can tell just by the legs it bulked up quite a bit.
You absolutely MUST share pics later. We all love a genic pic 🖤🤍😊
 
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