Man this sucks.

Noticed a bit of mold in one of the C elegans pill vials. Pinched it out with the small forceps and noticed it was attached to something. Inspected it under magnification and noticed a tiny exuviae.

Searched through the substrate three times one granule at a time and couldn't find the <0.5cm spider. Searched again and still couldn't find it.

I have never noticed mold growing on molts, and escape is highly improbable, so I am assuming the spider died during a molt.

The other similar sized Cyrocosmus sp I have under exactly the same conditions are doing well so I don't know how I could have prevented this.

Rip little buddy.

Dammit.

Marius,

Your Cyriocosmus elegans (Trinidad dwarf tiger rump) is there and not lost. Trust me, like 5 people at expo that bought from us said there was nothing there but after checking it was.

Go swift through the substrate slowly and you will see it

Thanks Dimitri but I did search quite thoroughly and methodically. First with a magnifying glass then with a pocket microscope. Literally one granule of substrate at a time.

My little one is doing great hell it feeds like a little beast It has the attitude of a C.fasciatum now all ego