Tarantula Molting sequence (shedding skin)

[K-Y-L-E]

Hi all i know that a lot of you dont much like spiders but i couldnt resist to post this sequence of shots
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Tarantula moulting sequence

 

[Arch]

uurrhhhhhhh....... dude that is sick!!...... im not scrolling up again.... once was enough for me!....... well captured event tho :thumbup:

 

[doenoe]

thats awesome
Love the way the fangs look when they just shed.......white and shiny
Very well captured :thumbup:

 

[Antarctican]

Interesting/cool series. How long does the process take for it to shed? (ie from the first pic to the last)

 

[Verdegraph]

Oh my god, that just makes my skin crawl! But really good sequence of events.

 

[JJP]

OSNGAORGNARH[PAERMHPE[AHIMTHPTMHTHPIRMH!!! Eugh!! That creeped me out! Nicely captured from what I saw, I don't have the guts to go back up!!!

 

[castrol]

She is a beautiful spider.

I miss my Rosehair.

Mine took about 4 hours to molt and be finished.

If you get to the shed exoskeleton quickly, it is pliable enough to shape it into
whatever stance you want. I have had a LOT of fun with my spiders' moltings.

You can really scare the complete CRAP out of people with them.

 

[bazza]

That was amazing... very creepy but cool at the same time.

Great shots!!

 

[Oldfireguy]

Very cool!

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

Awesome!

 

[K-Y-L-E]

Thanks for the comments people
@ Antarctican: they can take hours as castrol mentioned his did, or minutes, this one took a half hour to be all done and back on its feet.
Usually it takes longer the older/larger the spider gets, this guys about 2 moults from maturity so he's not so big just yet

 

[dirtnapper]

Great series! Nice detail.

 

[Andrea K]

I think i threw up in my mouth a little....




nice series

 

[nealjpage]

If you get to the shed exoskeleton quickly

That sounds like a dreadful idea:er:

 

[K-Y-L-E]

I think i threw up in my mouth a little....




nice series

LOL! i dont quite get what you guys and gals find so grosse about this i mean theres no gooey juices or anything in the shots just a spider shedding its old skin... i guess i just cant see it from an arachnophobe's point of view is all.
Thanx for the comments tho