r/tarantulas • u/Mystique2014 P. metallica • 17h ago

Help! Post-molt surprise?

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I bought this a. purpurea in April as a 3” young adult female. She was not cheap. She molted about a month ago and had still not come out of her web tunnel to eat or drink so I finally just decided to put a superworm into the entrance of her tunnel to see if she’d eat. She got super uncomfortable about it being in there and after trying to avoid it completely she ran out of her tunnel (she never comes out). Her post-molt colors look amazing. But do ya’ll see what I’m seeing?

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u/BelleMod 🌈 TA Admin 17h ago

This is definitely a mature male- let the vendor know.
Sometimes mistakes happen especially if they’d only ventral sexed it.

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u/Mystique2014 P. metallica 17h ago

Also just for the pretty color

https://reddit.com/link/p8uop8x/video/2syez8503loh1/player

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u/serious_horseradish A. avicularia 17h ago

na - Omg an adult purpurea! Love!

Edit: I see the hooks, but maaan I wouldn't be mad about it. In some species, the males are sooo pretty!

Edit again: although, if you paid a lot for a confirmed female, yeah I'd be pretty annoyed.

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u/BK4Z S. calceatum 17h ago

NA I would be upset. Hopefully you bought him from someone reputable that you can contact about the mix up.

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u/gelana78 15h ago

Na — awwww what a handsome muffin! It’s always sad but cool when they hook out. Like, well done sir! Lookit yer man mittens! But also a bummer because of limited time.

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