first Avic. moulted need advice.

HaloLight · Aug 4, 2004

the moult came out ok. but it happened in the tube web and i cant get it out unless i rip though some of the web. should i do it?

Brian S · Aug 4, 2004

I would wait for the exoskeleton to harden back up. Once it does you can get some tweezers and remove it. If you tear its web it will rebuild it.

JohnxII · Aug 4, 2004

If it's a male he'd tear the whole thing up later himself, and even if it's a female she'd destroy part of the moulting web for outside access. So no worries, go ahead!

David_F · Aug 4, 2004

I'd leave it. All of my avics seem to kick the exuvium out of their webs after a while.

JohnxII · Aug 4, 2004

Yeah but the fresher it is the easier to unfold and sex!

Garrick · Aug 5, 2004

If it's been a day or two, you could carefully remove it without harming the spider (I'm assuming the freshly molted spider is resting nearby).
If it's a very small spider, trying to sex it could be moot. If that's the case, don't bother frustrating yourself. Throw the molt away when the spider throws it out.

-other Garrick

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first Avic. moulted need advice.

HaloLight

Arachnopeon

Brian S

ArachnoGod

JohnxII

Avicoholic

David_F

Arachnoprince

JohnxII

Avicoholic

Garrick

Arachnobaron