The drama unfolds

[saviourseph]

I came in from shopping a few hours ago to be met with this:



"Wait a minute!", I hear you say, "that spider's upside down!".

Indeed. Which could mean only one thing:

THE MOULT HAD BEGUN!












And finally (old skin removed from the tank):




Still waiting for hir to flip back the right way so I can take a picture of hir shiny new back, but there you go - the moulting process of a Chilean Rose tarantula. :D

Comments

[wrongly-amused.livejournal.com]

That is so weird and yet so cool.

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly.

[schonste.livejournal.com]

I am so unsettled by this oh my god oh god no no no why did I click?

[paulnolan.livejournal.com]

Sorry. ^^;

[schonste.livejournal.com]

IT'S OK IT'S MY FAULT AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE INSTEAD OF MAKING ME BREAK OUT IN THE JIBBLIES

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

*petpet*

(Iconlove, btw.)

[schonste.livejournal.com]

ty :D

[nrchst.livejournal.com]

*cries* :(((((((((

[paulnolan.livejournal.com]

Sorry... I hoped having one, relatively tame pic above the cut would deter anyone who would get traumatised. ^^;

[nrchst.livejournal.com]

lol it's okay, definitely not your fault. ;) Like schonste, I stupidly thought I could handle it.

[redstar826.livejournal.com]

cooolllllllllllll! That is seriously awesome!

[daveisdead.livejournal.com]

They see me moultin'. They hatin'.

Sweet spider.

You got any other creepy crawlies? When I was younger, my father had hissing cockroaches and a giant Tanzanian millipede. Fun times.

[paulnolan.livejournal.com]

Just the spider currently (although I'm wanting to get another one, possibly a Mexican Red-knee when I can afford it). Oh, and a tank of around 40 crickets, but they're feeders, not pets.

A giant millipede sounds like it could be interesting... stop giving me ideas. ;)

[daveisdead.livejournal.com]

You gotta watch out for those giant millipedes though. They actually can secrete hydrochloric when threatened. Badass creatures.

[synesis.livejournal.com]

Intellectual reaction: that's so cool!

Visceral, somatic reaction: OH GOD FUCK NO EVIL!

It's an interesting headspace.

[rooking.livejournal.com]

SO CUTE, SO FUCKING CUTE

[http://users.livejournal.com/_lysia_/]

So cool and yet soooooo creepy

[ennifer-jay.livejournal.com]

D:

What has been seen cannot be unseeeeeeen.

[haruhiko.livejournal.com]

Not a spider fan (it's funny, I'm fine with holding millipedes giant cockroaches but spiders make me go O_O</coolstory'mo>) and but omg ECDYSIS FUCK YEAH. I love seeing photos of molting in any invertebrate. :3

Also this is reminding me of a stupid inside joke me and a BF had (this was when we were both super-young): "Spiders have eight legs, so that means they have seven crotches, hurr hurr~~~~"

[roboplege.livejournal.com]

That is so bloody cool. Are those teeth you can see in the last photo? If they are - whoah O.O

[paulnolan.livejournal.com]

Yep; they're hir fangs. :)

Nothing really to worry about though - they're new after the moult and they'll be like rubber for the next few days.

[roboplege.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's facinating!

I love how the first couple look like the spider equivalent of stuggling out of a pair of jeans.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

i enjoy the "argh. get. off. of. me." quality of the third picture.

[origamicage.livejournal.com]

Those fangs are AWESOME.