My Green Bottle Blue sling molting

[Fuzzball79]

I managed to get some pics afterall.
Here's my little sling molting upright. I think it's a little weird, it eats upside down but molts the "right" way up.

 

[HungryGhost]

Nice shots

 

[Gavin van den Berg]

Great pictures Fuzzball. You don't see a T molting upright very often at all.

Congrats on the molt. Perhaps you can try and sex the exuvia, I'm sure a lot of people on here will help identifying its sex.

 

[hellknite]

Congrats on your recent molt..

 

[arachnofreak666]

I don't think they will have much success sexing a molt that size, but who knows, worth a try I guess!

 

[Fuzzball79]

Thanks all.

As for sexing: I don't think I'll even manage to straighten the molt as it's so tiny (spidey is only 0.5" body) and I don't have a microscope or super macro lens. Maybe next time.

 

[sym]

Good pictures there! How often do slings moult? Much in size diffrence?

Sym

 

[Fuzzball79]

Good pictures there! How often do slings moult? Much in size diffrence?

Sym[/QUOT
It's the first time the little one molted with me and the legs are a bit longer. I think it depends on feeding pattern, husbandry, age and species how often they molt. I can see more of a size difference with my B. Boehmei sling, tbh.

 

[sym]

I've been watching my GGB tonight feeding. I placed a small locust in the his/hers tank and within a minute had got it. She/he held it for 2 minutes and then put it down. spent half hour sorting out her/his web. And started eating the locust. Very different behaviour from my last T.

Sym