New Sheds! (DU warning!)

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?


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/dbf463b8.jpg

I've got my eyes on you :P
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/dd89a74d.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/866f80c9.jpg

Nhandu chromatus-
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/dd416097.jpg


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/f9a1dae1.jpg

Awesome!

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

Creepy in a fascinating way!

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Originally Posted by iceman25

Creepy in a fascinating way!

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I was thinking fascinating in a creepy way. ;)

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.

Beautiful!

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Originally Posted by Shelby

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.

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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

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

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