GEC's Layout Progress

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Hi Chris,
Good to see a new post from you. How are the spiders?
Nice looking roster, and the layout looks good .
Charlie

The spiders aren't doing too bad, though one of them, my first successful tarantula, passed away. He attempted something called a "post ultimate molt", or shedding his skin past maturity. Usually, a mature male tarantula kicks the bucket of old age before he can attempt such a thing, but only less than maybe 10% pull it off, and usually with deformity. This is because his male specific features do not slide out of the old skin easily.

Here he is about 2 years ago, just after his last molt. Most don't as long as mine did past that point.



I didn't go without for too long, and I picked up a juvenile Green Bottle Blue tarantula for my birthday. They are very colorful, if a tad skittish. When this one gets a little older, the head (which is pinkish-tan) will become an iridescent green. The legs are blue and the rear is orange, so its a very striking creature. It also liked to put webbing everywhere, which most of my other tarantulas don't usually do.



Here is an adult as an example: