Molt (2): March 1, 2014 @ 67 days
2.2 inches
She’s still really small for such a long wait between molts. I keep my collection just above room temperature, without supplemental heating. There’s no thermostat in the apartment, just an on/off heat switch, so I’m not sure exactly how warm it is, but it’s often too warm for me. It could be that she’s slowed down for the winter. The other Poeci species I keep are from cooler regions, and they are molting on time. Or maybe P. metallica grows slower in general. Either way, she looks fucking brilliant now.
I don’t feel like the pictures do her justice. She really looks like her species now. Suddenly, the little spiderling that I threw so much money at on an impulse is a gem in my collection. She’s still not my favorite, but at least I don’t regret her.
Now we’re getting somewhere. I gently brushed a front toe to trigger a threat stance. This is the first I’ve made contact with her directly since her March molt. Otherwise, she usually flees from perceived threats at a slow (for an arboreal) pace.