Who molted today?

[NMTs]

0.0.1 Guyruita cerrado molted this morning. Roughly 1.5" DLS. This one has molted every 55 days like clockwork since I got it at the beginning of the year. Hopefully I'll be able to sex it this time.

 

[TechnoGeek]

2 females in 2 days lol. Yesterday my phormictopus atrichomatus molted and today my B albiceps. Both sexed as females from the molts

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

One of my 0.0.3 Ornithoctonus aureotibialis slings is molting as I type this: in addition, another one of my Hati Hati slings molted last night and I'm pretty damn sure some of my Cyriopagopus lividus and my last schioedtei sling are in premolt.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

The last of my O. schioedtei slings, one of my new O. violaceopes "Pahang" slings, one of my Chilobrachys huahini slings, and the smaller of of my Lampropelma nigerrimum slings have all molted.

 

[NMTs]

0.0.1 Davus ruficeps molted today. It might be up to 1" DLS now!



Also, 1.0 Poecilotheria vittata molted a couple days ago, but he hasn't come out for pics yet.

 

[Puddlesngramps]

My Lasiodora parahybana

 

[z32upgrader]

Subadult female L. violaceopes juvenile male B. smithi and my subadult female Lasiodora difficilis molted too.

 

[curtisgiganteus]

0.1 P ornata

She was 7.5” before the molt LOL

 

[Marika]

H. chilense molted yesterday.

 

[PanzoN88]

One of my H. villosella slings molted.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

0.1 P ornata

She was 7.5” before the molt LOL

Stunning!

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

One of my two P. everetti slings molted yesterday, as did one of the two lividus slings that had been in premolt for a few days.

In addition, I forgot to mention that the smaller of my two Psalmopoeus irminia slings molted a few days ago and it has since started feeding again.

 

[ladyratri]

A. purpurea has been webbed in for a week or so. Caught it doubling up the hammock yesterday evening, and now already apparently munching on the exuvia. Likely male but maybe I can snag this molt to confirm

Lame photo on account of all the webbing:

 

[DomGom TheFather]

Lp

Bout time for a rehouse.

 

[spideyspinneret78]

My teeny tiny D. diamantinensis sling molted today. I was able to grab the molt immediately and look at it under the microscope. I was surprised at how visible the spermathecae were on such a small sling ( about 0.5in), even though it's a dwarf species. I'm excited though...I love the coloration on these spiders! Excited to watch her grow.

 

[NMTs]

In the last couple days:

1.0 Psalmopoeus cambridgei. He was already long and leggy, now he's even more so. I'd have thought this would be his ultimate molt, but I guess he's got other plans.


0.0.1 Neischnocolus sp. Panama - this little one should be around 0.75" DLS now. Got some adult colors:




0.0.1 Citharacanthus cyaneus - 2.25" DLS. This one is big enough to have sexed long ago, but it's been hard to get a molt intact.



0.0.1 Cyriopagopus lividus - 2.0" DLS. No pics, I hardly see this one above ground, lol.

 

[z32upgrader]

C. cyanaeus, and my mystery Brachy female molted. She is looking more and more like baumgarteni with each molt.

 

[biteybitey]

My p. Met just molted

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Anihan (0.1 Ornithoctoninae sp. Haribon) seems to be in premolt, but....

She seemed to be in premolt (she's been very reclusive for the past week which she tends to be whenever she enters premolt) but was otherwise completely fine yesterday. This afternoon I found her outside of her hide (unusual), ON THE BOTTOM OF HER ENCLOSURE (unheard of), and in an EXTREMELY lethargic and unresponsive state; the chelicerae were somewhat "loose" from what I could visually make out, so my best guess is that she tried to molt but couldn't pop the carapace for whatever reason and is now dying because of it. The water dish has a decent amount of water in it (I had cleaned and filled it just two days ago), the substrate is moist, the temperature isn't ridiculously high (I don't use any heating for my invert enclosures), and there weren't any uneaten feeders running around the enclosure either.

I've left her in the enclosure but I don't have much hope. This T is the crown jewel of my entire collection (she's the largest individual invert I keep, and one that I've raised to her current size from a large sling/small juvenile), and losing her would be a massive blow especially when she has quite a few years left to live and much more potential for growth.

Given that the limp immediate pre-molt state can last for days in larger Ts (Anihan is close to 5" DLS), I plan to leave her where she is for a few days and pray desperately that she doesn't go into a death curl....

On a brighter note, my 0.0.1 (suspect 0.1) Cyriopagopus schmidti FINALLY molted after a very long premolt and seems to have gotten quite large; I also had a Chilobrachys huahini slings and a C. andersoni sling molt today.

 

[Marika]

Just noticed my A. bicoloratum sling has molted, yesterday or the day before.