New Sheds! (DU warning!)

[CeraDigital]

Finally my unsexed N. chromatus sling shed. So did my female but that was a bit ago ...plus I finally got the proper lighting to get the red color she sports around in these pics What do you think?




I've got my eyes on you




Nhandu chromatus-

[Jeanne]

Awesome!

[new2BP]

scary....i need to get over my fear of spiders

[iceman25]

Creepy in a fascinating way!

[tigerlily]

Creepy in a fascinating way!

I was thinking fascinating in a creepy way.

[Shelby]

What a cute little N Chromatus! Mine is due to molt again soon.

Do you know how to sex them from a molt? I don't know how to sex them anyway.. and I'm curious about mine.

[philthy]

Beautiful!

[Schlyne]

Do you know how to sex them from a molt? I don't know how to sex them anyway.. and I'm curious about mine.

Look for a flap between the booklungs ion the inside of a molt. If there isn't a flap, you have a male. I don't have a good picture of any of the tarnantula molts that I have to illustrate. Here's a link to a site that has some detailed information.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.tar.../howto-sex.htm


There is another method, called ventral sexing, but it's more difficult and takes some practice to get the hang off. Here's a link to an article about ventral sexing by Rick West.

http://www.birdspiders.com/faq_sex.html

[Schlyne]

Btw, nice OBT. Is that a red phase P. murinus?

[CeraDigital]

Yes it is. Only thing that sucks is when she's due for a shed she looks an ugly reddish brown