A question about my spider

[TheAnalogue]

So I have a > 6 month old male spider. Normally he only has 3 black spots, but the week before he goes into shed I can start to see more black spots. Has anyone ever heard or seen anything like this?

[llovelace]

what kind of spots? Can you post pics?

[TheAnalogue]

I've never attached pics so sorry if this doesn't work lol
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[TheAnalogue]

that seemed to work so I'll talk about it:

As I said before there are normally only 3 visible, but the week before shed more show up. This picture doesn't show all of them but you get the point.

All but the usual 3 will vanish after he has finished shedding, and will not return until the week before his next shed.

[llovelace]

Those are alien heads, some of my spiders have them, and yes they will appear darker during shed.

[ClarkT]

Wow, that's pretty cool! It's like an octopus changing skin color/pattern haha.

I'll have to watch with my spider and see if the same thing happens.

I kind of wonder if maybe he'll start showing those spots more permanently as he grows older... time may tell.

[TheAnalogue]

So you are saying that they are there all the time just that I can't see them unless they are exaggerated by the shedding process. I figured that was the case but I didn't want to rule out anything. Thanks for the replies.