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Jun 26, 2005

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I picked these up at the Indianapolis Show today...

a 7-legged Nhandu Chromatus sling...looks like its going to molt soon...will the missing leg grow back in time?

juvenile H. lividum:

 

Jun 26, 2005

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DavidBeard said:

I picked these up at the Indianapolis Show today...

a 7-legged Nhandu Chromatus sling...looks like its going to molt soon...will the missing leg grow back in time?


depends when it lost the leg..great spider tho...I have a big female and some slings...

Regards, Mike

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Jun 26, 2005

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The leg will grow back little by little with the next 2-3 molts.

Nice new additions!

 

Jun 26, 2005

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nice spiders, the lividum looks wildcaught thou, appears beat-up

 

Jun 26, 2005

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It likely is WC...but after a couple molts it should look pretty good. It has a voracious appetite lol.

 

Jun 26, 2005

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Jetzie said:

nice spiders, the lividum looks wildcaught thou, appears beat-up

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It doesn't look bad, really just in need of a molt. I've seen much more beat-up Ts than that. One of mine, for example.

The abdomen of the N. chromatus does look dark!

Do you know the sex of either of them yet?

 

Jun 26, 2005

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Not yet Becca. I suspect the lividum will be big enough to properly sex after its next molt, and the chromatus sling is still fairly small...approximately 1.25".

 

Jun 30, 2005

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Well, the N. chromatus molted, and grew its missing leg back! Yay! When I pulled the molt out, he/she told me it wasn't happy about it lol....first time any of my spiders have given me a threat display. It was rather cute lol.

 

Jun 30, 2005

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lol! awsome! they're so cute when they get mean at that age!

H. lividum spend so much time underground, i've had some in that past that were CB and always looked nasty....

i mean... playing around in the dirt just has a tendancy to do that.

 

Jun 30, 2005

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Yeah, my lividum stayed on the surface for a couple of days, but it recently started a burrow at the base of the clay pot in its cage. Mine isn't aggressive at all so far either...it seems every spider I have that is supposed to be "aggressive" hasn't been. Oh well, I'm not complaining lol.