Who molted today?

[denny31x]

Caught my L parahybana Sling in the middle of molting

 

[Pedipalpable]

0.0.1 Nhandu tripepii sling molted this evening. Unfortunately this is the best photo I could get due to the enclosure lid being uneven and the enclosure being in an awkward spot on my shelf. It appears to have put on a decent amount of size. It is hard to tell for sure because it still soft and noodly, but the generic brown sling colouration looks to be giving way to some juvenile colours.

 

[Dementeddoll]

Oh my I’ve been having a lot of molts this week. I’m not to excited because mostly all are gonna have to be rehoused already.
List of the ones molted this week.
P.Irminia
Nhandu Chromatus
P. Metallica
P. Smithi
H.Pulchripes
Chilobrachys Sp Electric Blue
Avicularia Sp Peru purple
Trinidad chevron
Phidippus regius
Can’t think of anymore I’m sure I’m forgetting a few.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

Returned from a two-day trip to find that the rets of my Chilobrachys andersoni slings had molted, as well as the smaller of my Cyriopagopus sp. "Nhen Dep".

 

[mack1855]

And now for something different.......just molted Red Runner. View attachment 451376

 

[mack1855]

Was trying to combine this pic with the above freshly molted runner.
Anyway,same one about an hour later,back up and running around being a roach.

 

[IvanOoze]

My female Brachypelma boehmei, just under 2" DLS molted just over a week ago. Enjoying her post molt meal worm.

 

[z32upgrader]

Phormingochilus sp. "rufus" smaller female molted.

 

[CrazyOrnithoctonineGuy]

One of my Ornithoctoninae sp. "Haribon" slings molted (I couldn't handle Anihan's loss anymore and bit the bullet and got four slings; they've all molted at least once, and this one and another sling have molted twice in my care), as has one of my Hmac trio (which I plan to rehouse in short order).

 

[z32upgrader]

One of my Ornithoctoninae sp. "Haribon" slings molted too! This one #4 (photo attached) is female. Cyclosternum schmardae male (pictured) molted as well.

 

[SpookySpooder]

And now for something different.......

Something different

 

[l4nsky]

Freshly molted Aphonopelma pallidum (or atleast I'm hoping lol). Have had some issues with incorrectly ID'd species from this source recently, so I guess time will tell. These guys are basically the Aphonopelma version of B. albiceps when mature.

 

[sparticus]

I had a whole run of molts over the past couple days:
- My smallest C. Versicolor (suspect male, with yet another super helpful molt for sexing )
-T. Rasti sling
-New P. Irminia sling
-New P. Cambridgei sling
-0.1 juvie B. Boehmei
New T. Ockerti sling

 

[denny31x]

Another one of my L parahybana molt

 

[l4nsky]

Previously unsexed Orphnaecus dichromatus. Didn't need to untangle the molt or get a macro lens out for this one.

0.1 Orphnaecus dichromatus

• l4nsky
• Aug 2, 2023
• 4
• dichromatus female orphnaecus

3.25" DLS

 

[z32upgrader]

Euathlus manicata adult female (pictured) and my small female C. fimbriatus tossed out a molt too.

 

[biteybitey]

This one molted

 

[Pedipalpable]

My other Lasiocyano sazimai sling molted sometime this morning. So now all of my tarantulas have molted at least once in my care.

Unfortunately, part of the abdomen of the exuvia remained attached. The sling was scratching at it with its hind legs but seemed not to be having any luck dislodging the stuck pieces, so I carefully removed them using a very small, wet paint brush. It was fairly easy, considering that this is a 1/2” sling with an abdomen about 2/3 the size of my pinky fingernail (and I have fairly small hands!) but in the process I seemingly lacerated it’s still soft exoskeleton.

Not wanting to take any chances, I prepared some corn starch and applied it to the affected area.
Unfortunately, due to the size of the sling I was unable to avoid overapplying it and the sling now has a large white blob on the dorsal side of its abdomen. It seems to be doing alright though. I gave it a pocket from a pill blister pack for a water dish, since it occurred to me that it wouldn’t have had a chance to reclaim the moisture from its exuvia. I plan on monitoring its condition closely to ensure it recovers.


Here is the sling, with the blob of corn starch on its abdomen. I was careful to ensure it did not cover the spinnerets and anus. I will probably end up thinning the corn starch with the some water once the sling is close to molting again to ensure it does not interfere with the splitting of the abdomen.

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

A variegata molted today <3

 

[NMTs]

0.0.1 Guyruita cerrado molted on Monday, it should be about 1.5" DLS now:


0.0.1 Poecilotheria striata molted, looks about 2" DLS: