Most of the taranula molting process (several thumbnails)

[Schlyne]

Thumbnails are clickable.

My Pink Zebra Beauty. The lighting isn't that great, and I didn't take a final picture after right after she was done. It was blindingly pastel pink right after it flipped over.

http://img206.exs.cx/img206/8863/pzbreadytostart5ms.th.jpg (http://img206.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img206&image=pzbreadytostart5ms.jpg)

Yup, I missed a step here, I was running around doing stuff, and I thought it would take a lot longer to get to this point.

http://img206.exs.cx/img206/9705/pzbmostlyout9wp.th.jpg (http://img206.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img206&image=pzbmostlyout9wp.jpg)

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/7545/stretchandwiggle1cz.th.jpg (http://img222.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img222&image=stretchandwiggle1cz.jpg)

http://img222.exs.cx/img222/4117/molt1nn.th.jpg (http://img222.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img222&image=molt1nn.jpg)

http://img233.exs.cx/img233/528/topview6xu.th.jpg (http://img233.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img233&image=topview6xu.jpg)

[Schlyne]

Correction: That is acutally a Chaco Golden Knee, and not a Pink Zebra Beauty.

[KLG]

Wow! That is really fascinating. Do you save the molts for comparison as your T's grow?

Very cool pics!

K~

[Schlyne]

I have been trying to Kara. I need to get around to buying a insect pin up box so I can pin the molts up on something. Right now, they sit in clean pot pie tin in my invert room.

I've totally destroyed 3 molts so far. I destroyed a molt trying to get it off of my Avicularia huriana (the T I have who is missing part of a leg, she got a leg stuck in the old molt). The other two molts were in the tarantula's homes when I got them, but they were too fragile when I pulled the molts out.

[liljerzeedevil]

They really are cool. Sort of like little heavenly boddies. They are so feared. Good pics. =D>