Tailless Whipspider molt - UP CLOSE

Giant Tanzanian Tailless Whipspider (Damon diadema, Order: Amblypygi) molts. Points of interest: 0:22 Like all spiders and scorpions, the whipspider molts by pushing out the carapace at the back. Here you see the beginnings of that process as the carapace separates along the seam. You can see the new eyes fall away from the lenses embedded in the old skin. The flexible new carapace is an opaque white in stark comparison to the dark coloration of a hardened carapace. 1:34 The yellow body fluids can be seen