Who's molted today

[octanejunkie]

In an attempt to remove the exo this morning I totally wrecked the web and enclosed the sling in the collapsed web - naturally I quietly panicked

Left it alone for a few hours and the GBB has extricated itself, all good there, but I will have to pretty much remove the web to get the exo - and probably destry the exo in the process

Oh well

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All is well again

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[Tortoise Tom]

B. boehmei:

Here is an assortment over the last week or so. Top ones are all G. pulchra. Middle row of three are C. lividum. All three mottled on the same day and all three pushed the molted exoskeletons out of their deep burrow and dirt volcanoes. Bottom row is P. irminia, N. chromatus, P. mutica, and an A. geniculata on the bottom.

 

[Arachnoclown]

"Gwen" My female Avicularia braunshanseni "Goliath pinktoe " just molted.

 

[Enn49]

My female Caribena laeta, Frio, chucked her exo out yesterday so I guess she'd moulted over the last few days.

 

[Tortoise Tom]

My female Caribena laeta, Frio, chucked her exo out yesterday so I guess she'd moulted over the last few days.

I'm finding it so interesting what the individual species do with their shed exoskeletons. Some incorporate it into their web lairs, while others just leave it sitting there next to them, while some intentionally expel it from their living quarters. The C. lividum has been the most surprising to me. I haven't even seen any of the three of them since they built their volcanoes. They must have gone to a lot of trouble to push those sheds all the way up and out of their deep tunnels. What's more is that each exoskeleton was equidistant from their volcano opening. About one inch away for all three spiders. The uniformity of the timing and of the placement was astonishing. I wonder if they continue this trait into adulthood. If they do, it seems like it would make finding them in the wild much easier.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I'm finding it so interesting what the individual species do with their shed exoskeletons. Some incorporate it into their web lairs, while others just leave it sitting there next to them, while some intentionally expel it from their living quarters. The C. lividum has been the most surprising to me. I haven't even seen any of the three of them since they built their volcanoes. They must have gone to a lot of trouble to push those sheds all the way up and out of their deep tunnels. What's more is that each exoskeleton was equidistant from their volcano opening. About one inch away for all three spiders. The uniformity of the timing and of the placement was astonishing. I wonder if they continue this trait into adulthood. If they do, it seems like it would make finding them in the wild much easier.

My Hysterocrates gigas completely consumes it's old exo skeletons...only fangs are left. I've never got a shed to sex yet.

 

[Enn49]

I'm finding it so interesting what the individual species do with their shed exoskeletons. Some incorporate it into their web lairs, while others just leave it sitting there next to them, while some intentionally expel it from their living quarters. The C. lividum has been the most surprising to me. I haven't even seen any of the three of them since they built their volcanoes. They must have gone to a lot of trouble to push those sheds all the way up and out of their deep tunnels. What's more is that each exoskeleton was equidistant from their volcano opening. About one inch away for all three spiders. The uniformity of the timing and of the placement was astonishing. I wonder if they continue this trait into adulthood. If they do, it seems like it would make finding them in the wild much easier.

The C. laeta has a maze of tunnels both at the back and in front of her wood so it must have taken some effort to get it out.

View from the back of her terrarium, I've circled where she is now

View from the front, she left the exo right in the middle on the substrate

 

[Rs50matt]

B vagans molted early this morning . Abdomen is abit torn but I'm guessing male

 

[Tortoise Tom]

My Hysterocrates gigas completely consumes it's old exo skeletons...only fangs are left. I've never got a shed to sex yet.

Is THAT what happened?????? Mine appeared to be in pre molt. Not eating and staying deep back in the burrow. I've been waiting and waiting to see a shed, and I've seen nothing. Thinking I must have missed it and it was hidden deep in a tunnel somewhere. I offered food again after about a month and she snatched it right up. I, apparently incorrectly, concluded that it must not have been pre-molt and maybe she just wasn't hungry. @Casey K. told me she could be picky sometimes. I'm going to have to get in there with a flashlight and see if I can find some fangs in her burrow.

Thank you for the info. I never would have guessed this.

 

[PanzoN88]

Not today but since i got back from vacation several have molted:

B. emilia (male)
P. cancerides (larger female)
G. porteri
P. muticus

Waiting on the following:

A. moderatum
The 2nd nicaraguan B. albopilosum sling
The adult female Nicaraguan B. albopilosum

 

[Casey K.]

Not today but since i got back from vacation several have molted:

B. emilia (male)
P. cancerides (larger female)
G. porteri
P. muticus

Waiting on the following:

A. moderatum
The 2nd nicaraguan B. albopilosum sling
The adult female Nicaraguan B. albopilosum

You need a male for that cancerides female.

 

[LuboMoravcik]

My Lapropelma violaceopes molted, and it’s a female! I am so happy!

 

[PanzoN88]

You need a male for that cancerides female.

I'm pretty sure she is not mature yet, so not at the moment. Only males I am looking for are B. albopilosum (Nicaraguan) and E. campestratus.

 

[LuboMoravcik]

Both of my Pterinochilus slings molted again. Happy with that.

 

[Rs50matt]

G iheringi molted today. Got a nice time lapse video of it. Still only small but I think it's a boy

 

[Enn49]

My Poecilotheria ornata, Lanka, moulted this morning I thought I was going to get a great shot of him with his old exo but my camera messed up and by the time I took the 2nd shot he'd gone so all I got was the exo.

 

[Enn49]

Just before bedtime last night I spotted my little Orphnaecus sp negros, Bais, on its back so I was lucky enough to get a few photos cataloguing its progress.

12.49am

1.13am

1.21am

1.27am.

10.59am

 

[PanzoN88]

One of my E. Sp. Yellow slings molted last night, didn't put on much size, but it molted.

 

[Tortoise Tom]

Here is tonight's haul:

• Top two big ones are B. albopilosum.
• Middle big one is my OBT. She's been holed up in her little web tube for a couple of weeks now. I saw the molt in there a couple days ago, but she's kept it all closed up until today. She let me reach right in there and grab the molt, but I couldn't get it out in one piece.
• Small one on the far left is Bumba cabocla. This one retained a little bit of abdomen. This is the first time I've ever had this happen. Substrate is lightly dampened, but not wet. The sling has a burrow and uses it frequently, but also walks around the enclosure a fair amount, especially after sun down. I really like this species and would love some pointers on why it had a problem with the molt.
• On the far right we have P. sazimai on top and H. pulchripes below.
• Bottom is P. pulcher on the left and Gbb on right. Or vice versa… Can't remember now...

 

[octanejunkie]

I was finally able to retrieve a few exos from past molts

Our GBB re-webbed after I wrecked it's web and I was able to rescue it's molt from the web unscathed. Here are the two molts since it's been in our care. New exo top, first exo bottom.

Our G rosea molted a while back but the exo was burried deep in it's burrow, it dragged it out today and was sitting on top of the substrate this morning