daveemory How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 4,248,591
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: right place, right time!
I noticed my 4" G. rosea was webbing a little mat around itself today, very urgently. He never webs. So I had a feeling... and sure enough, I happened to come into the room when it was making a thick floor mat of silk. I watched as it got down on it's side, sort of like a horse at rest, and eventually heaved itself over onto its back. So now it's on it's molty way!
I can't believe I lucked out and got to see the start of this process. Now I've got a video camera trained on it and will try to record the full molt (we shall see... I've only got 3 hours of tape!) and then time-lapse it.
BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:48 pm Post subject:
No way you say your rosea do the flip?
Wow, very rarely is that seen, unless you have a lot of time on your hand and you watch your T's constantly.
Congrats, that is way cool!
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daveemory How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 4,248,591
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject:
BayLee wrote:
No way you say your rosea do the flip?
Wow, very rarely is that seen, unless you have a lot of time on your hand and you watch your T's constantly.
Congrats, that is way cool!
You are ahead of me. I have never witnessed it.
I just couldn't believe it. It was webbing earlier today, and when I returned this evening it was doing it again but in a slightly different spot (closer to the glass - thanks!). It was doing it with such urgency that I had a pretty good idea what was going to happen, and just happened to still be looking at it when it did it. If only I had grabbed the camera _before_ that, when I had my inkling...!
So far, it is absolutely still, at least as it appears to me. Wow. I wonder if this will be its "ultimate molt" as it is a fairly large spider, and apparently male?
EdgarOrtega SFBATS Co-Vice President How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 52
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject:
Your male should hook out if it hasnt and matures here. IDK how big your guy is though. _________________ Edgar Support the fight against "The Python Ban" www.Calris.org
daveemory How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 4,248,591
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject:
EdgarOrtega wrote:
Your male should hook out if it hasnt and matures here. IDK how big your guy is though.
Try that again? Sorry, I'm daft. If you're asking if it has hooks yet, no, it doesn't. It's about 4". Maybe a little bigger. Non-red rosea - the grayer morph with reflective pinkish carapace.........
BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject:
EdgarOrtega wrote:
Your male should hook out if it hasnt and matures here. IDK how big your guy is though.
I am not the only one who needs set of eyes.
He said 4" Edgar...lol _________________ Visit me @Tarantulas.us
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed."
--"The World As I See It," originally published in FORUM AND CENTURY, 1931.
- Albert Einstein "
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BayLee SFBATS Secretary How many Tarantula(s) do you own?: 45
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:
EdgarOrtega wrote:
That he did. But, you know about my eyes, Lony.
Oh yes, I forgot. I need a new brain!.
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"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed."
--"The World As I See It," originally published in FORUM AND CENTURY, 1931.
- Albert Einstein "
I speak English, German and Lonish.
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed."
--"The World As I See It," originally published in FORUM AND CENTURY, 1931.
- Albert Einstein "
I speak English, German and Lonish.
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