Whats Lurking in the Dark? on Instagram: "Timelapse of a spider molting - (Via @venus_arachnid )"

Molting huntsman spider | by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com)

MOULTING TARANTULA Spider on left, old exoskeleton on the right. Photographer & owner: "My nine years old female Chilean rose tarantula moulting. Prior to her moult she had barely eaten for two years. I was getting worried. She's about 6-7 inches from front foot to back foot. It's tough to measure her."

A spider molting

Tailless Whip Scorpion molting

Like other arthropods, spiders have a protective hard exoskeleton that is flexible enough for movement, but can’t expand like human skin. Thus, they have to shed, or molt, this exoskeleton periodic…