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Help sexting my Brachypelma Albopilosum

Arielabrachypelma

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Hello there I am a beginner tarantula enthusiast and I have four Brachypelma Albopilosum and the one I have I want to know the sex of he or she.I took a clear picture of him or her whole they had their abdominal section pushed up against the wall of the enclosure. My Brachypelma Albopilosum is around a year and a few months old.
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PanzoN88

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Leaning female, but my ventral sexing skills are terrible, not to mention that ventral sexing isn't 100% accurate to begin with.
 

Phil

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I really hate vent sexing. I thought it was female..:confused:
well it is 50/50 at the end of the day so who knows for certain until the moult is checked.
although I am with @Arachnoclown on this one (once I worked out I needed to be looking at it while doing a headstand*....PMSL).:D

*yes I can still do headstands even at my age!
 

Phil

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Here is some relatively simple guidance I use when considering Ventral sexing (Not as accurate as a moult) but.....
Usually, the females book lung spacing is closer together (top left is close to bottom left and top right is closer to bottom right) but there is a wider space between the bottom two book lungs. Males are the opposite. The top left and bottom left have more space between them and so on for the top right & bottom right. The bottom set of book lungs tend to be "closer" together. Also, usually in males there will appear to be a "belly button" between the top two book lungs and in females there appears to be a set of "lips" between the top two book lungs (exuvium area).

Having read this, I am not so sure now....PMSL
 

MassExodus

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Hmmmmm, maybe it's a male who associates as a female. You never know these days.
I myself identify as an attack helicopter, every please respect this and address me as Model #srx400i...it doesn't matter that I'm a biological male human, you must respect my sensitive feelings. Now please, Mr. P, if you could move your post a little further back from mine, you're in my safe space, and I'm sensing micro aggressions. :D
 

Mr. P

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I myself identify as an attack helicopter, every please respect this and address me as Model #srx400i...it doesn't matter that I'm a biological male human, you must respect my sensitive feelings. Now please, Mr. P, if you could move your post a little further back from mine, you're in my safe space, and I'm sensing micro aggressions. :D

Sorry #srx400i but I can't move it. Want a puppy? :D
 

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