Molts

B. emilia molted 6/19/11.

Love that after each molt her adult colors show through more and more.

- C. Percha

Well that explains it!

My Lasiodora (or Lassie, as we refer to her for short) has been hiding a lot and not eating, nearly ever since her last molt in April. I was beginning to think maybe she's just shy and I would never see her, but she surprised me this week with a second molt. I didn't think she was pre-moult as she didn't even really eat that much between the two.

And since that second molt she's out all the time. Whew, so I don't just have a pet hole! She's really turning into a beast of a spider, even at her modest 3.5 or so inches.


~ B. Percha

Pulchra numero dos.

Picked up a probable male pulchra over the weekend at the reptile show. I'll bring him back after a molt or two to confirm. He's significantly smaller than my female to allow for proper maturation times for breeding. Of all the spiders we are beginning to accumulate (12 T's now), the Grammastola pulchra is still one of my favorites.


- C. Percha

I'm down with OBT. Ya, you know me!

Finally stepped it up in the field of aggressive T's. The "meanest" thing we have at home is the Nhandu, but she's not even that bad - just likes her space. We've been toying with getting an OBT lately, but not sure if we wanted any more T's that we didn't intend to breed. At the show this weekend we saw a few for $30 and I decided to just grab one.

I was a little surprised to find that she's pretty mellow. She doesn't throw back into that threat display that sellers love to show off at the expos. She's pretty quick and active, but just crouches when disturbed. I suppose it's just as well with her being my first aggressive T.

~ B. Percha

Molts

Both Nhandu chromatus and Acanthoscurria geniculata molted over the weekend! N. Chromatus molted on 5/28/11 and A. geniculata molted on 5/30/11.

It's really neat seeing the comparisons in size after each molt. They're certainly growing.


~ B. Percha

Nhandu Is Getting Ready To Molt....

Still her typical defensive self, though this is the first time she's thrown me a threat display...


...and I will take that threat as a promise, and leave her alone! :)

~ B. Percha

B. emilia Molted!