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<blockquote data-quote="Nicolas C" data-source="post: 113553" data-attributes="member: 3795"><p>Well, I am certainly not more experienced than you, Mass, but I've been trying to molt sex tarantulas with a binocular microscope for many years now. In my experience, it has been easier to molt sex some spp. when young (after 4-5 molts), but for other spp. I had to wait longer. For instance, I wasn't able to see the spermatheca of my G pulchra until "she" (I first thought it was a male!) was 3 cm BL, and for my Phormictopus sp green even bigger (4 cm BL): before that size, there was nothing to be seen (at least for me and my binocular!). Then I guess it all depends of the spp., the quality of the remaining molt (because T like to chew after molt the very part which is the most moist, i.e. the abdomen), the magnifying glass and the eyes of the owner!</p><p></p><p>A reputed swiss dealer sold me a young C cyaneopubescens certified female... who was in fact a male! But most of the time, IMOHE, I've thought that my Ts were male (because I didn't see anything) and they turned out to be female.</p><p></p><p>Of course there are other ways to sex (epiandrous fusillae, extern uterus, etc.) but I don't know how to use them in a skillful way.</p><p></p><p>Interesting link: <a href="http://www.birdspiders.com/faq_sex.php" target="_blank">http://www.birdspiders.com/faq_sex.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicolas C, post: 113553, member: 3795"] Well, I am certainly not more experienced than you, Mass, but I've been trying to molt sex tarantulas with a binocular microscope for many years now. In my experience, it has been easier to molt sex some spp. when young (after 4-5 molts), but for other spp. I had to wait longer. For instance, I wasn't able to see the spermatheca of my G pulchra until "she" (I first thought it was a male!) was 3 cm BL, and for my Phormictopus sp green even bigger (4 cm BL): before that size, there was nothing to be seen (at least for me and my binocular!). Then I guess it all depends of the spp., the quality of the remaining molt (because T like to chew after molt the very part which is the most moist, i.e. the abdomen), the magnifying glass and the eyes of the owner! A reputed swiss dealer sold me a young C cyaneopubescens certified female... who was in fact a male! But most of the time, IMOHE, I've thought that my Ts were male (because I didn't see anything) and they turned out to be female. Of course there are other ways to sex (epiandrous fusillae, extern uterus, etc.) but I don't know how to use them in a skillful way. Interesting link: [url]http://www.birdspiders.com/faq_sex.php[/url] [/QUOTE]
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