saviourseph: (Spying)
saviourseph ([personal profile] saviourseph) wrote2010-07-27 09:09 pm

The drama unfolds

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

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

Indeed. Which could mean only one thing:

THE MOULT HAD BEGUN!


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And finally (old skin removed from the tank):

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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
ext_129544: Heath Ledger (男 :: bat)

[identity profile] haruhiko.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
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~~~~"