Who molted today?

jbm150

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^A. chalcodes? Sure about that? Looks more like a B. albiceps or something similar. Chalcodes have light legs (sans the femurs) and raised prosomas. Absolutely droolworthy though!
 

Bugmom

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^A. chalcodes? Sure about that? Looks more like a B. albiceps or something similar. Chalcodes have light legs (sans the femurs) and raised prosomas. Absolutely droolworthy though!
Only if someone let a captive one on the loose in Roswell, NM, and it then wandered through my yard to be barked at by my dogs and end up in a tank. Her legs WERE brown with red hairs. Now they're black. But I've seen A. chalcodes in various shades of brown and black, there's not one solid color across the species.

She doesn't look like she grew any. Weird.

You are right though, looks like B. albiceps. I mean, it isn't impossible, but I did literally pluck her from my front yard.
 

Thistles

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L. violaceopes juvie and P. regalis sling tonight. I love molting days!
 

funkymonk

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My Juvi LP just molted, 3" before looks like its a male. Has made a significant increase in size.
 

gottarantulas

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MF P. pederseni today and MF P.striata two days ago (aaarghh! she molted out,that means no sac, oh well I'll just have to pair her again).
 

Tweak

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My little gbb sling molted last night it's still in the sling color phase
 

acrooks

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I had an A. avic and L. parahybana sling molt yesterday. Five of the eight Ts have molted within the last 4 weeks :)
 

Kodi

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First day of school my A. Versicolor 0.5" sling molted. He was showing signs, enlarged abdomen, dark color the day before and that morning. I just came home and there he is all blue and white. I think he just molted because he doesnt seem hardened yet. This is the first molt Ive ever seen. :laugh:

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MikeInNC

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My other GBB molted this weekend (Friday/Saturday?). I had a feeling it might as a slight "bedding" web suddenly appeared in its hide a few days prior.

Both water dishes were empty - I presume from the recent drop in the humidity. I check the water every 2-3 days to top it off, so that bothered me.

It cleared out the molt from its hide within a day. The first GBB waited two weeks. Therefore, I'm guessing the GBB that just molted is a girl, and slob who molted two weeks ago is a guy :D

Otherwise, I fed the other GBB (the one who molted 2 weeks ago). For the first time I've had him, he bolted from his hide, moved here, then there, then there......and BAM! Nailed that cricket :)

-Mike

P.S. - the first leg section (the section closest to the carapace) on both T's has turned blue. They're starting to get their Big T colors :)
 

Skeri

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I finally got my first tarantula, my G. rosea, off my mom a few weeks ago and what do you know she molted. And I realized she is an RCF.
 

jen650s

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My juvi male B. smithi was upside down when I left for work this morning, and when I got home he was mostly done. He now has his bright new colors. I have also had a B. vagans MF and an G. pulchripes JF molt in the last 3 days since I filled water dishes. I didn't expect either one since they both ate this past Friday. :eek:
 
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