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Message: <blockquote data-quote="argiope" data-source="post: 16518" data-attributes="member: 941">One of my adult B. smithi females has a strange mark on the abdomen.  The lesion is is dry, no leakage observed, no progression for 3 months (when I first noticed it). She is fit, eating regularly, even mating. I purchased her about 4 month ago, and I did not notice the lesion in that time (the plastic box was not clear,but matt, my fault to check her carefully). After one month she molted regularly and when she climbed the glass wall of her cage, I noticed it for the first time. I speculate that this could be burn from heat source (bulb) in the cage of the previous owner.  However it seems strange to me that the tarantula would touch the bulb long enough to get burnt, but who knows...Unfortunately, the previous owner is not responding to me so I can only speculate and wait ...Any thoughts?</blockquote>