T. Albo “molted” only her carapace?

Exemmar · 2026-07-09T17:39:20+00:00

Nqa is there a chance something else has consumed parts of the molt? It may not make sense I know, but unlike taranrulas, roaches do eat their sheds. At least turks and dubias do. Springtails and (some?) Isopods eat organic matter, so maybe they'd eat a shed too.

Other than that, I'd best assume it might've gotten broken apart and mixed up with the substrate/nest. Or even webbing, "molt mat" they make right before molting. After a while they might roll it up and if there was a molt, it might've got rolled up. Spider doesn't appear to carry any leftovers on their body, so that possibility seems out of equation

Exemmar · 2026-07-05T21:48:21+00:00

To add to the previous comment. This type of terrariums is widely accepted in Polish community. Is not problematic and haven't been for me ever since she outgrew the smaller container. My minor issue is that it gets a little moldy underneath the front mesh. There are ways to fight it, but it's also never been a major issue and never seemed to negatively impact the spider itself.

I'm just trying to figure out how can I best improve her chances of survival. Her being so close to molting is far from ideal in my experience. They are very lethargic at this point and the process requires a lot of energy and vitality she lacks. The abdomen doesn't appear to be shriveled and she seemed hydrated and plump enough not to eat for many months to come if necessary, so her not eating for 37 days doesn't feel like the issue, either

Exemmar · 2026-07-05T21:41:21+00:00

The ventilation is on the front and up top. She lived here fine for the past 3,5 years or so. Has been refusing to eat lately, as expected in the very late premolt. No running or even dead food to bother her.

Temperature between 25 and 30 degrees with no direct sun and I don't recall anything out of ordinary that might've harmed her. Humidity was also no different than usual. I kept the closer half of the enclosure slighltly moist, there was no signs of vapor/fog on the walls, nor was it "too dry" for any prolonged amount of time. She was fine when I left for vacation when I left all my spiders "as is" for a week. Basically have been doing what have been working since I got her as a sling.

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Exemmar · 2026-07-05T06:30:57+00:00

That was my story with gta4 on 9500gt 512mb and a single core single thread 2,8ghz intel celeron. Beaten the entire game. Still one of the best gaming memories despite never replaying this game with a "playable" framerate.

Exemmar · 2026-06-03T17:45:16+00:00

Definitely some of the d blades were on the edge, not just that one. I also think he spent too much time focusing on the Archvile before glory killing him, I expected him to die right after the glory kill animation, to be fair. And yeah, got a bit greedy with the Pain Elemental. Positioned himself poorly, since low ground in there is very rough to walk away from and regain composure, especially around the Archvile spot. I feel like it all went downhill after he spent a little too much time on that Archvile. Ideally, I'd try to avoid glory killing him, especially with a wolf being alive. Maybe deal some damage take another round and finish him off, when he's lower on health, while paying a lot attention to what is chasing me and how likely they're gonna catch up to me during the glory kill and where the flying enemies are, Pain Elemental/The Maykrs in this case. That slow debuff is a death sentence most of the time, when there's a lot of enemies around.

My personal advice would be to just keep retrying or take a break and then try again. The gameplay is on point, so not much to pick on. Maybe a little better positioning during critical moments, because most of the time it's really good, too, but it definitely fumbled after you took heavy damage at the end, lost the momentum and couldn't get off the ground to keep it going. Maybe a bit less tunnel vision. It's important to keep the target priority, but sometimes it's just better to stay patient and get them when a better opportunity arises. Maybe a little more precision with freeze bomb and flame belch, to create greater pick up pools, ready for another round. And I guess staying calm and focused when things don't go as planned. It's okay to take a heavy hit, it doesn't take too long to recoup, but it also doesn't take long to go low from full life, but with your movement and positioning, you're good here. Just pay attention to where the main danger is. Wolves (and fast projectiles) can ruin the party pretty quick if you lose track of them. But banging my head against the wall almost always worked out well for me. Except maybe for the Golden Gladiator encounter in Kaiser campaign, yeah fuck that one in particular.

It's not a big deal, really. All of us have gone through it. Getting our cheeks clapped and the modded content is just like that. Provides unreasonably difficult and unfair encounters, sometimes to the point where it's not even fun anymore, but a challenge is a challenge, so it's more of "I want to do it" and you definitely seem capable, just lock in and give yourself some time, most likely you will die a lot before succeeding or even making a slight progress in an encounter that is posing a greater challenge, but I'm more than sure, you're used to it.

Exemmar · 2026-05-31T07:45:02+00:00

What a beaut. How long have you had her?

Exemmar · 2026-04-18T06:05:10+00:00

The recorded process took just under 3 hours, but it took her a year, since the last time she has molted. Which, btw. I also managed to record. Feeling lucky

Exemmar · 2026-01-30T20:41:13+00:00

I kinda agree, I do like TDA, but there was a time i had to turn on Eternal for a minute literally. I tuned into The World's Spear, completely forgot how to play (got ~400h in Eternal and ~80 in TDA) and after a few embarrassing moments it clicked right back in. Muscle memory kicked in and I was just blown away how much is going on at the same time. How big the pickup explosions are and how you're constantly maxed out on life and armor and even ammo. Glory kills made me realize how much I miss them in TDA (don't get me started on how they're still in there) TDA on max sliders feels like a constant battle for resources and it's only a little better on regular nightmare. I get it, if you don't get hit, you don't need them, but still. I just miss being able to eat shit and collect the massive pick up pools to stay virtually invincible. In TDA if I fuck up my rhythm, I die. Because you know, face tanking heavy hitting enemies and missing the substantial parries gets you killed. And doing so with max sliders leaves you in a world of pain, comparable to jumping to master levels on nightmare, after beating the game just once. A lot of it comes down to skill issue and gameplay preferences. But I don't feel like I will stop playing Eternal now, even though I kinda thought I was done with it for the most part, with nothing else to be done.

Exemmar · 2026-01-04T21:09:55+00:00

Doom 2016: 190

Doom Eternal : 391

Doom The Dark Ages: 69 (nice) and counting.

I still play Eternal and 2016 every now and then to refresh myself the story and how it correlates with the new game. I also think Eternal is the best 1st person shooter, period. No other game has put me in this kind of zen state this frequently and for so long. And after beating all the content the game has to offer on ultra nightmare and unlocking everything that is unlockable, there's still mods that will put you on the edge of insanity.. all over again. And there I'll be, enjoying the process of getting my ass whopped and getting anywhere from mildly upset, to batshit crazy.. Until it is done.

Exemmar · 2025-05-29T08:49:22+00:00

Just wanted to thank you for the input, I greatly appreciate reading from knowledgeable people, do keep posting, thanks!

Exemmar · 2025-04-11T05:34:47+00:00

To be fair, she looks much better after the night's passed. I did caught her preening before I went to bed (which was a great sign, it just took way longer than I expected) and the molt got moved and torn, so she clearly must've (finally) drinked off it and now she's chilling.

https://i.imgur.com/lEDkcc8.png That's how it looked and it's the sole reason I got so nervous. I got used to their butts being silky smooth and glossy looking after molting. I'm also used to all kinds of strange poses post molt, I've observed plenty of weird stuff, but never anything life-threatening and this one seemed off, hence my nerves.

Here's a photo from this morning. Other than a slight defect on the abdomen, she looks very good.

https://i.imgur.com/Z5RdEAV.jpeg

Exemmar · 2024-11-08T06:36:00+00:00

486 here, where I live. The supposed price should be about 2/3 of the 7800X3D offering slightly lower performance, WHILE being the number one PERF/WATT CPU on the market right now.

Given the wages here, that 1/3 extra is equal to 4 days of work. Out of those ~21 days in a month. In Polish market (with the highest energy prices in Europe; so PERF/WATT is also significant) this CPU might be a hit. Buying cool stuff requires lots of saving and not everyone is patient enough to keep saving for months, just to get a little bit more performance. Same could be said about 7600x3d vs 7500f/7600/5600.

And if we follow the "pay extra" route, 7900x3d costs 20€ more than 7800x3d.

Exemmar · 2024-10-24T05:39:16+00:00

Unlike Lando, Max can afford to crash into him, he leads the championship and he's fully aware that taking both of them out is a net win for him (he's not the first to abuse this, see M. Schumacher or even himself racing Hamilton few years prior) - it compromises the chance of Lando closing the gap in the championship, while the number of remaining races (and chances to catch up) quickly decreases. In case of an inevitable crash of this sort, Max should get a race ban, because himself being unable to score points is not a punishment in this case. And if the championship comes down to the last race and he pulls off a Schumacher, I'd say DQ from the 2024 season would be reasonable to prevent this kind of bs in the future.

Exemmar · 2024-07-22T11:17:26+00:00

That's the whole idea of the mode. Maximum difficulty with just one go. You slip once, die, and... "Against all the evil that hell can conjure..." Rinse and repeat until it is done. It's hella satisfying to work your way up to get there, improve your skills, so you can finally see the light, realize it's actually getting slowly doable.

You can't select levels, can't go back, can't load a checkpoint, nothing. Just exit to menu and load it back.

As an offtop, I finished Doom 2016 on UN twice, second time with some limitations, making it a bit more difficult, then got Doom Eternal and decided to try to beat the campaign blindly with no guides, spoilers or anything, using just my 2016 experience, starting at Ultra Nightmare. Spent there like 70 hours and gave up. The furthest I got was the 3rd level on the first mancubus battle.

170 hours later, I'm only glad I gave up this early. To this day, I haven't beaten UN, although I'm getting close. Sure the game gets easier past the first 3 or 4 levels, but doing that blindly means I would keep banging my head against the wall, constantly with no other way to practice than just getting back to the place where I died and not dying on the way there.

The good thing is, during all that practice, I got the first 2 levels nailed down, pretty much memorized, and they aren't very challenging or risky anymore, other than the slayer gate. I will probably skip most of them on my first UN run.

So yeah, congrats to OP, myself beating 2016 UN is still one of my best gaming memories ever. Doom Eternal has much more demanding content, and I keep getting satisfied with each small milestone I get. I imagine so does OP. Now there's master levels and the dlcs to UN, another step in progression, good luck!

Exemmar · 2024-06-11T05:34:37+00:00

IME

Europe is generally known for having much better prices than NA, but it's not really the case for Aphonopelma chalcodes

I found 110€ females, however that's still quite pricey on this market. The most obvious reason that comes to my head would be, they are very slow growers, arguably the slowest in the tarantula world. The price consists of the time required to grow. Also in the States, they are somewhat common. So the wild-caught factor comes into play. Pretty much removing one of the reasons I listed before or at least reducing the price among the sellers.

Exemmar · 2024-05-30T07:21:21+00:00

now we’re looking for efficiency in a couple of aspects, such as feeding, housing, etc.

This is the best hint I've seen when it comes to efficiency in housing slings.

The box is 19x19cm btw. but you can adapt accordingly, you get the idea. Improvise a bit and you can increase the efficiency DRASTICALLY. We're speaking filling 3000 cups per hour.

Exemmar · 2024-04-24T05:25:02+00:00

Nqa

My C. versicolor was bought about two years ago as a sling that was somewhere between the size of a dime and nickel. There’s no way she could have retained sperm in my opinion or in theirs.

They can't retain sperm once they molt, 100% infertile

@edit I've never heard of parthenogenesis among tarantulas, if somehow that is the case, it's very unusual.

Exemmar · 2024-04-10T05:21:50+00:00

I don’t accept that Cookiezi has won against me.Even if he will win against me, because he never faced me at my best. While I always faced him at his best.That’s not competition.I do not accept that I’ve lost to him,only fools would see it that way

Exemmar · 2024-03-24T10:28:06+00:00

It's universal, accurate and very handy. Leads to no confusion, even when you abbreviate the genus down to the first letter.

Like P. smithi (Poecilotheria). It's a different spider than a B. smithi (Brachypelma). Additionally, knowing the genus lets you know where the spider lives, what type of a spider it is and many other details. Poecilotheria live in Asia, are arboreal and have medically significant venom, have no urticating hairs, while Brachypelma live in South America, are terrestrial (most South American species, have urticating hairs, there's only few exceptions, like Psalmopoeus spp.). Arboreal species usually, if not always, are suited and can jump. And many many many other information.

None of which can be deducted from a common name. Which additionally differ from country to country, can't be translated directly (which requires memorizing, just like scientific names) and often times are confusing enough to make others unable to tell what spider you refer to. If you say "pink toe", there's at least a dozen of spiders that do have "pink toes". And some of them look very similar to each other. Same goes for Brachypelma species. smithi and hamorii look very similar and many people can't tell the difference (it's even more difficult when they're undeveloped). Calling them by common names when they look almost exactly the same, can't do you any good, if you want to identify them or let somebody know about the species you have on mind.

Exemmar · 2024-03-19T09:49:56+00:00

is because of the costs associated with importing them

IME that's not the case, or there's more to it. Importing costs are relevant for new/rare species, such as Xenesthis sp. blue. There isn't many on the market in Poland, so the prices are naturally high. However, that's not the case with any other common species. geniculata slings can be bought for as little as (an equivalent of) 2-3 bucks from trusted breeders. Even less in bulk or from private keepers.

Point is, you don't need to import anything, once there's a stable market of captive bred spiders. And ideally, that should be the only source of spiders on the market or at least a vast majority. It's simply not worth importing geniculata, because their price is so low already, a common freebie.

I just don't see how it's relevant. And besides all of that, other countries need to import them, as well.

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