When did your versi sling lose its blue? - Page 2

Talkenlate04 · 11-07-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Teal

At what size did your versi start going from "sling blue" to more adult colours?

My 1" LS versi (maybe a little less, maybe a little more) is starting to get adult colouration already... but 1.5" versi slings that I have seen are still solid, bright blue

How about a picture of this under 1" sling with green color. That might be cool to see.

billopelma · 11-07-2009, 06:31 PM

The progression I've seen over and over is the with molt at around two inches the abdomen starts getting some red and the carapace gets greenish but the legs stay that metallic blue.
Next molt they go to that rather dull 'tween stage where the legs go mostly just black and the abdomen is still only partway red.
Then the next molt is pretty close to adult color with the more wine colored purple on the back legs and darker blueish purple on the front ones.
I have a doz now at about 1 1/2" that are all still solidly 'sling metallic blue'...

Here's one I had a while back that is at that first stage of turning...

Bill

xsyorra · 11-07-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Talkenlate04

How about a picture of this under 1" sling with green color. That might be cool to see.

You can see it in this post of her picture thread.

Teal · 11-07-2009, 06:59 PM

This is right after he last molted..

The flash accurately shows his colour, too.

The plastic he is up against is 1.5" tall.. so Loh is a little over an inch, sorry haha. But still not 1.5" or 2"

Talkenlate04 · 11-07-2009, 08:08 PM

Looks blue to me, unless my computer monitor here at work is off.

7mary3 · 11-07-2009, 08:12 PM

I'll give it a blue/green appearance. It's kind of right in the middle of the spectrum.

Teal · 11-07-2009, 08:46 PM

For the record.. I never said UNDER 1" I said he is around 1" lol

He is definitely not the solid, bright blue I have seen in other people's versi slings.

To compare.. this was him before his last molt

11-07-2009, 08:08 PM	#20
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billopelma Arachnobaron Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ma usa Posts: 459	The progression I've seen over and over is the with molt at around two inches the abdomen starts getting some red and the carapace gets greenish but the legs stay that metallic blue. Next molt they go to that rather dull 'tween stage where the legs go mostly just black and the abdomen is still only partway red. Then the next molt is pretty close to adult color with the more wine colored purple on the back legs and darker blueish purple on the front ones. I have a doz now at about 1 1/2" that are all still solidly 'sling metallic blue'... Here's one I had a while back that is at that first stage of turning... Bill

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