Who molted today?

[Charliemum]

Had lots of moults recently as ti's the season but there is one I am particularly excited about.
Alcyone my Chilobrachys sp sai yok has moulted n not only got full adult colours but actually gave me the abdomen with the moult this time n we are a girl!
Rehouse due soon so hopefully I will be able to get better pictures of her. Till then these gorgeous legs are all I am getting .

Alcyone herself or what I could get lol can see the difference from the leg of the old moult to her amazing colours now.
N girl bits for reference. No dls as she left the abdomen but removed the legs .

Well done my little lady you smashed it

 

[Nocturnalnature]

Been a good week for me!
My juvenile G pulchripes molted and was confirmed female.

 

[Sauga Bound]

Had lots of moults recently as ti's the season but there is one I am particularly excited about.
Alcyone my Chilobrachys sp sai yok has moulted n not only got full adult colours but actually gave me the abdomen with the moult this time n we are a girl!
Rehouse due soon so hopefully I will be able to get better pictures of her. Till then these gorgeous legs are all I am getting .
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Alcyone herself or what I could get lol can see the difference from the leg of the old moult to her amazing colours now.
N girl bits for reference. No dls as she left the abdomen but removed the legs .
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Well done my little lady you smashed it

Do Chilobrachys sp. Sai Yok's legs turn blue when they reach maturity? I don't know as much about OW species compared to NW, and most of the pics I could find of this species feature a spider whose colors resemble an OBT or T. Blondi. An attractive spider, for sure, but not especially colorful. However, scattered among the photos are occasional shots of a specimen with a similar tan/orange Cephalothorax and abdomen color, but dark blue legs. Is that the same species? If so, I can understand why you're so excited for her to come out and show 'em off.

 

[WolfieKate]

Two tonight. Rescue Rita, my Grammastola Iheringi has successfully moulted and she is stunning. Inky black. I’m super glad as I knew nothing about her. And my Boehmei has just settled into her hammock.

 

[Charliemum]

Maleficent moulted! Pamphobeteus machala saf full adult colours now black as night and so beautiful. I will miss her pink legs but she's stunning, looks like everything went well she put on quite a bit if size but I don't have dls yet she's still got her foot rested on the moult but going to guess at 5inch she will need a rehouse lol.
The beautiful lady herself.

Angle isn't great but she's behind the fern n I wasn't moving her viv.
I truly love this girl can't believe how different she is from the tiny 2cm sling she used to be. She's perfect .
Well done my beautiful lady, you smashed it

 

[Gevo]

Luca (Grammastola pulchra) molted yesterday. I was able to see the whole process for the first time, as he did it out in the open instead of away in the burrow.

He’s now 3 inches in DLS. I was able to get the molt, but you can see in the first picture that his molt split right up the abdomen, making it challenging to determine sex. I did my best, and between that and ventral examination, I’m reasonably certain that he is indeed a male.

He’s so beautiful and black now, and I love the post-molt spider yoga phase.

 

[HoneyOilers]

Freshly moulted Caribena Laeta, suspected male, had it’s first meal as it moulted about a week ago.

 

[Sauga Bound]

Maleficent moulted! Pamphobeteus machala saf full adult colours now black as night and so beautiful. I will miss her pink legs but she's stunning, looks like everything went well she put on quite a bit if size but I don't have dls yet she's still got her foot rested on the moult but going to guess at 5inch she will need a rehouse lol.
The beautiful lady herself.
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Angle isn't great but she's behind the fern n I wasn't moving her viv.
I truly love this girl can't believe how different she is from the tiny 2cm sling she used to be. She's perfect .
Well done my beautiful lady, you smashed it

She looks gorgeous. Being able to see their colors and patterns after a molt is so rewarding. I just had all four of my Ts molt within two weeks of each other and it's been quite joyful. Just as spring arrives, too. It was my first molt since I started keeping tarantulas in November of last year. Having them all do it at the same time was a little stressful, but now that it's over and I know what to expect in the future, I'm really enjoying their increase in size and how bright their colors are. It is so awesome to see them undertake this grueling ritual, and the relief when they do it without any problems is exhilarating.

Keeping tarantulas is so rewarding and the post-molt period may be the most rewarding time of all. It means your husbandry was good enough for the spider to do what it does naturally and come out healthy and changed from their metamorphosis. Their colors are extra bright, and the increase in size when you have slings and juvies is really encouraging as you start to see it mature in small ways.

Please post another photo of her with a little less zoom. I'd love to see a shot of her that is a closeup, but shows her whole body and a little space around her for context.

Luca (Grammastola pulchra) molted yesterday. I was able to see the whole process for the first time, as he did it out in the open instead of away in the burrow.

He’s now 3 inches in DLS. I was able to get the molt, but you can see in the first picture that his molt split right up the abdomen, making it challenging to determine sex. I did my best, and between that and ventral examination, I’m reasonably certain that he is indeed a male.

He’s so beautiful and black now, and I love the post-molt spider yoga phase.

I am SO happy for you! Mine molted 10 days ago and just had her first meal this evening. Isn't it amazing to watch them grow?

So, yours molted out in the open!? That's wild.

Haha, reading your post, you sound just like me. I also feel this immense feeling of gratitude and pride, with all my spiders molting within a couple weeks of each other. Seeing them all out at the same time leaves me spellbound.

I'm glad to read some progress about Luca. I love the photos.

 

[Gevo]

She looks gorgeous. Being able to see their colors and patterns after a molt is so rewarding. I just had all four of my Ts molt within two weeks of each other and it's been quite joyful. Just as spring arrives, too. It was my first molt since I started keeping tarantulas in November of last year. Having them all do it at the same time was a little stressful, but now that it's over and I know what to expect in the future, I'm really enjoying their increase in size and how bright their colors are. It is so awesome to see them undertake this grueling ritual, and the relief when they do it without any problems is exhilarating.

Keeping tarantulas is so rewarding and the post-molt period may be the most rewarding time of all. It means your husbandry was good enough for the spider to do what it does naturally and come out healthy and changed from their metamorphosis. Their colors are extra bright, and the increase in size when you have slings and juvies is really encouraging as you start to see it mature in small ways.

Please post another photo of her with a little less zoom. I'd love to see a shot of her that is a closeup, but shows her whole body and a little space around her for context.


I am SO happy for you! Mine molted 10 days ago and just had her first meal this evening. Isn't it amazing to watch them grow?

So, yours molted out in the open!? That's wild.

Haha, reading your post, you sound just like me. I also feel this immense feeling of gratitude and pride, with all my spiders molting within a couple weeks of each other. Seeing them all out at the same time leaves me spellbound.

I'm glad to read some progress about Luca. I love the photos.

It feels like Christmas when they molt! Sybil (in my profile pic) is going to molt soon too, but “soon” can mean a lot of things with Brachypelmas, haha! She has been further excavating her Dirt Palace, digging new chambers. I can even see her previous molt pasted into the wall of her new chamber like a gruesome gargoyle, and I love it so much. She has her own little temple in there.

And my Cyriocosmus elegans has started using her burrow and making a dirt curtain in front of it with web and soil, so while she’s not fully closed off yet, I expect she will be soon and that she’ll be going through the great transformation before too long.

Such beautiful creatures.

 

[Charliemum]

She looks gorgeous. Being able to see their colors and patterns after a molt is so rewarding. I just had all four of my Ts molt within two weeks of each other and it's been quite joyful. Just as spring arrives, too. It was my first molt since I started keeping tarantulas in November of last year. Having them all do it at the same time was a little stressful, but now that it's over and I know what to expect in the future, I'm really enjoying their increase in size and how bright their colors are. It is so awesome to see them undertake this grueling ritual, and the relief when they do it without any problems is exhilarating.

Keeping tarantulas is so rewarding and the post-molt period may be the most rewarding time of all. It means your husbandry was good enough for the spider to do what it does naturally and come out healthy and changed from their metamorphosis. Their colors are extra bright, and the increase in size when you have slings and juvies is really encouraging as you start to see it mature in small ways.

Please post another photo of her with a little less zoom. I'd love to see a shot of her that is a closeup, but shows her whole body and a little space around her for context.

I didn't wany to disturb her to much but I Will try n get a decent pic of her today its her shelfs turn today n she's had time to compose herself . I have 100+ t's so it's a shelf by shelf job lol.
I love my t's they fill my life with happiness very rewarding to see them grow n grow strong like this girl . She was my first ever pamphobeteus so she holds a special place for me .
I will see what I can do about a better pic .
Haha I remember my first multi moult they used to be stressful for sure, hopefully they will stay on that cycle for you n you will just get one big moultathon every year super exciting every time .

 

[Charliemum]

She looks gorgeous. Being able to see their colors and patterns after a molt is so rewarding. I just had all four of my Ts molt within two weeks of each other and it's been quite joyful. Just as spring arrives, too. It was my first molt since I started keeping tarantulas in November of last year. Having them all do it at the same time was a little stressful, but now that it's over and I know what to expect in the future, I'm really enjoying their increase in size and how bright their colors are. It is so awesome to see them undertake this grueling ritual, and the relief when they do it without any problems is exhilarating.

Keeping tarantulas is so rewarding and the post-molt period may be the most rewarding time of all. It means your husbandry was good enough for the spider to do what it does naturally and come out healthy and changed from their metamorphosis. Their colors are extra bright, and the increase in size when you have slings and juvies is really encouraging as you start to see it mature in small ways.

Please post another photo of her with a little less zoom. I'd love to see a shot of her that is a closeup, but shows her whole body and a little space around her for context.


I am SO happy for you! Mine molted 10 days ago and just had her first meal this evening. Isn't it amazing to watch them grow?

So, yours molted out in the open!? That's wild.

Haha, reading your post, you sound just like me. I also feel this immense feeling of gratitude and pride, with all my spiders molting within a couple weeks of each other. Seeing them all out at the same time leaves me spellbound.

I'm glad to read some progress about Luca. I love the photos.

Ask n ye shall receive so excited her pink came up under my torch she didn't loose it not the best pics she wasn't happy to sit for me but pics

You can see how cross she got towards the end there . Will try again in a few days she isn't ready yet