Holy shit, do tarantulas really glow like that when they molt ? That's pretty impressive
Those little white insects are springtails, not mites!
I keep going back to this video, something about Tarantulas molting is somewhat hypnotic. What's the name of the song?
I keep going back to this video, something about Tarantulas molting is somewhat hypnotic. What's the name of the song?
They are spring tails.
are you sure those are mites? i know this clip was a timelapse to speed up the process. but even sped up by this speed, mites are much slower. these critters are too long & too fast. mites are globular in shape. they take forever to move & they usually dont spread out all over. normally they travel in pack, literally, like ants. also, they usually travel in one direction. they dont move back & forth in multiple directions.this is how i remember observing them in my tanks.
Great to see he is molting on his belly but damn the mites are absolutly not good. My god they can kill your spider!!!! Didn't anyone tell you?
I love tarantulas fangs when they are molting they look soo awesome.
That person lets mites bother her T during a molt? That is terrible, they are stressed out enough!!
maybe Vermiculite will be better, zero mites and other little bastards ;)
mites = no good
Not good at all! It is however amazing how they hide and you think its only 1 or 2 but watching the video of 5 hours you see how many are actually there! Tarantula was moved into a new home :)
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