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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 33337" data-attributes="member: 1070">HelloSome T's like new world's,will exhibit pre molt easier since they have urticating hairs they will lose and show the darker area on the abdomen. In the new world's(old world's also no urticating hair) there are a few genera which do not have these hairs,but still exhibit the darkening. Other possible signs,would be sluggish movement etc. With old world's, they'd become less colorful looking dull not eating and preparing a matt where they will lie down to molt. Also,some T's will just spin a matt not to molt but to see if any prey are close so don't confuse the two. Some tarantulas may also show you leave me alone,by closing up their burrows with webbing which shows an upcoming molt. I have also found this with all my different avics as well,even many other genera will display the same.</blockquote>