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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ophidia" data-source="post: 45893" data-attributes="member: 3748">I got this LP about 2 months ago, as a 2.5" or so spiderling.  It had just molted.  About a month after I brought it home, it molted again.  Here we are, 2 months out, and it molted AGAIN.  The first time it was bigger.  This time it's WAY bigger.  I was going to take a pic just now when I grabbed the exuvium, but the poor girl got pretty upset about the intrusion (still all squishy and stuff) so I left her alone.  I'll get a pic after she hardens up a bit, and hopefully be able to get a usable comparison shot with her last post-molt pic.  You can really tell with the size difference between the exuvium legs and her current legs.She did a number on the opisthosoma skin last time and this time, so I'm having trouble teasing it apart to verify sex.  Hopefully I can get it unwound after it soaks with a few drops of dishsoap water for a while.  She almost tied it in a knot.</blockquote>