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

[identity profile] paulnolan.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] roboplege.livejournal.com 2010-07-28 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, that's facinating!

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