Tarantula Molting

[GoRdOn_B]

So yesterday i was at a friends house when his wife told me that her tarantula was molting. (shedding old skin) so i took some pix. i missed the very first moments but i captured most of it in 165 shots.
here is a few of the process. the whole thing only took about 40 mins.


my camera almost died while i was doing it, i was out the night before watching & lighting fireworks all night for ("pioneer day" Utah's B-day). i almost thought i wasn't going to be able to finish before it died.
luckily it didnt and i got a lot of good shots.
Most are in Hi-Res.



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My Favorite shot

 

[nikokapo]

Awesome! What camera did you use to shoot the pics?

 

[ElektroFreak]

That's kind of gross! But I would imagine that if you're into spiders it's probably pretty awesome.. The photography is good, though. Love the pic of the fangs.

 

[GoRdOn_B]

Awesome! What camera did you use to shoot the pics?

i just use a cannon powershot.. i got it on sale for 180$ a while ago.
nothing fancy

exact same camera as in the picture above, except mine is all scratched up on that silver ring.

about 95% of the pictures were taken in macro on manual settings

 

[maxh]

Cool! I imagine getting its legs out must be like a one-handed no-toothed man taking off a glove.

 

[Gryphon]

Holy Crap! I'm scared of spiders. But, those pics were incredibly beautiful and terrifiying! :kewlpics:

 

[hakzaw1]

We had LargeMarge(29 grams) for 12 years(RIP) --every time she shed we carefully removed the old skin and placed i tnto another glass case. In time there were dozens in there- looked VERY creepy and we always brought it to the annual Holloween Party- the old sheds are as fragile as buttrerfly wings so in time they fell apart.-Red legged Mexicans are way cool.--Hak-- :-]

 

[dieselmarine]

I have some cool pets starting with my 2 dogs one akita and one pitbull then i have two ferrets , two rose hair tarantulas one mexican red knee 2 sun spiders one 3 foot american alligator , a cotton mouth aka copper head (venomous),
and rhino viper (highly venomous) , a breeding pair of tangerine morph bearded dragons,
i just sold more than 100 baby bearded dragons, and for anyone thats thinks i dont have all of these pets youtube me VEDDIESEL lol you'll see!!!!

 

[dieselmarine]

Here are just a few of my exotic pets!
first on the left my female tangerine morph bearded dragon
next is my american alligator and finally my (Venomous) Cottonmouth aka Copperhead

 

[dieselmarine]

And yet some more pics lol
first my rose hair tarantula ,then some of my bearded dragon babies,
nice pic of my gator and my juvenile green tree python!

 

[roosl]

Yeah, that is an awesome process. I had one years ago, and the 1st time he molted, I thought he was dying. The next morning, it looked like I had two. He did it 3 more times before he gave it up.

How do I know it was a "he"? After the last molt, a male develops hooks on his front legs. They're so he can hold the female to keep her from killing him during mating.

Nature is a wonderous and varied thing on our blue ball, eh?

Hey, Marine - Nice collection! The only other exotic I had was an iguana (not counting birds).

 

[hakzaw1]

Hey DieselM. Way cool critters-one question tho- about '(Venomous) Cottonmouth aka Copperhead' since thay are two differant pitvipers and your pix shows a 'cottonmouth-aka 'watermoccosin' which is it?-- or is 'copperhead' the snakes name?? also are gators legal in NY?? regards- Hak(former Evergaldes Wonder Gardens zookeeper)good luck and be careful Bro.

 

[jander6442]

SPIDER <me reaching for my 200mW greenie>

 

[Crazy Jay]

I have some cool pets starting with my 2 dogs one akita and one pitbull then i have two ferrets , two rose hair tarantulas one mexican red knee 2 sun spiders one 3 foot american alligator , a cotton mouth aka copper head (venomous),
and rhino viper (highly venomous) , a breeding pair of tangerine morph bearded dragons,
i just sold more than 100 baby bearded dragons, and for anyone thats thinks i dont have all of these pets youtube me VEDDIESEL lol you'll see!!!!

How much for a baby bearded dragon? Ever since I found this huge female red ear slider in the middle of the road I have been encouraged to get all of the animals I always wanted. I'm in the same state as you

 

[ZRTMWA]

And yet some more pics lol
first my rose hair tarantula ,then some of my bearded dragon babies,
nice pic of my gator and my juvenile green tree python!

I love bearded dragons! I had one a few years ago but eventually we gave it away. They are just so cool looking although the one I had wasnt very active. He molted every so often.

 

[dieselmarine]

Hey DieselM. Way cool critters-one question tho- about '(Venomous) Cottonmouth aka Copperhead' since thay are two differant pitvipers and your pix shows a 'cottonmouth-aka 'watermoccosin' which is it?-- or is 'copperhead' the snakes name?? also are gators legal in NY?? regards- Hak(former Evergaldes Wonder Gardens zookeeper)good luck and be careful Bro.

OK lol i know i difference between the two snakes my Cottonmouth is named Copperhead my lil brother named him because of the copperish coloring on his head i use to own way more venomous animals but being in the Marines now doesn't allow me the time to care for all of them well
So i had to decrease my collection i have a rhyno viper right now he is 4 feet long he is amazing the coloring and the patterns are remarkable oranges lime green little bits of purple.
As for the gator i rescued him from near death. a bunch of idiots bought him as a baby thinking it was cool to own a alligator and it started to grow and they were to scared of it and they never even cleaned the water once for a whole year so my friend told me about it so i decided to rescue him i did this before two other times one of my boys runs a gator park in florida and when they simply get to big for me to handle i drive the gator to florida and release him is the gator park to big is around 3-4 feet