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Bird Man
Third Instar
Posts : 785
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 37
Location : New York
| | Subject: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 2:26 am | |
| I got a phormictopus sling from Ana a few weeks ago and about 4 days ago I noticed it was going into premolt, Well this morning when I checked on it, it had molted, and still on it's back. I waited for it to flip and move away from the molt, and I checked the molt and it was 1.5", looks to be 2" now. I checked the molt, but being so tiny, trying to hold tweezers to hold the molt open, a flashlight to see in there, and a magnifying glass to help me see anything, It looked male to be from molt, but when I looked at the sling, it looked female. There maybe a flap on the molt, I'm not sure, it was very hard to tell, and I need another pair of hands. I guess I'll just have to wait for a few more molts to be more sure I guess. I tried to get pics, but my camera's macro just isn't cutting it. I did get a couple pics of the T right after molting, and I'll try again taking some of the molt. I'll get them up here soon. | |
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madamwlf
Moderator
Posts : 242
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 50
Location : Mount Airy, MD
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 5:53 am | |
| I have one of those. Got it about 2 months back. Beautiful little thing. haven't tried sexing it yet though. | |
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Bird Man
Third Instar
Posts : 785
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 37
Location : New York
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 5:55 am | |
| They are very pretty, and very purple, although now it looks a nice shade of blue that it's molted. Can't wait for it to harden a couple days and see the color then. | |
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MichaelH
Eggs With Legs
Posts : 69
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 55
Location : East Central Indiana
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 8:57 am | |
| Congrats Bird Man...always nice to have new molts. | |
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Bird Man
Third Instar
Posts : 785
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 37
Location : New York
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 1:25 pm | |
| Turns out this guy wasn't the only one to molt. I have 32 B. Vagan slings, mostly .5" and they are starting to molt out into 1" slings now. I've had about 7 molt so far. So did my A. versicolor, been wondering when that one was gonna molt. Also one of my larger B. vagan slings molted, looks like it went from 2" to 3". It really grew | |
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Bird Man
Third Instar
Posts : 785
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 37
Location : New York
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 1:46 pm | |
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Akasha
Third Instar
Posts : 351
Join date : 2009-07-01
Age : 114
Location : Manchester UK
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 7:17 pm | |
| great pictures birdman, and congratulations on a successful molt  | |
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Bird Man
Third Instar
Posts : 785
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 37
Location : New York
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Tue 07 Jul 2009, 10:02 pm | |
| Thanks!, the little bugger is walking around a bit more, so hopefully in another day or two, I can get some better pics. | |
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Bird Man
Third Instar
Posts : 785
Join date : 2009-06-22
Age : 37
Location : New York
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Sun 19 Jul 2009, 5:35 am | |
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Patrick
First Instar
Posts : 177
Join date : 2009-06-23
Age : 38
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Wed 29 Jul 2009, 10:05 am | |
| Very cool species man. Thanks for the pics! | |
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Akasha
Third Instar
Posts : 351
Join date : 2009-07-01
Age : 114
Location : Manchester UK
| | Subject: Re: Phormictopus Sp. Purple Wed 29 Jul 2009, 4:40 pm | |
| fabulous, hasnt he grown ??? | |
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