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What sex is my Tarantula?
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<blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 52553" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>No problem at all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've made some guesses before, sexing them by ventral shots and made myself look stupid, haha, so I probably shouldn't even comment without a look at the molt. If you dip the abdomen of the molt in water/dish soap solution you can usually open it up without tearing it. The wires from bread ties are good tools for this. You'll see 4 white square looking things, those are book lungs. I would need a close up shot of the top set of book lungs, in between them,(which would be on the bottom of the spider) to be able to accurately tell you what sex she is. I'll call her she because its best to be optimistic. I'm not like many people in the hobby though, I'm happy to have a male spider as well. Some of the most docile spiders I've come across were mature males, I'm not sure why that is. It's just that when I get attached to them, I feel the need to get them a female before they pass. That can be expensive..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MassExodus, post: 52553, member: 4086"] No problem at all :) I've made some guesses before, sexing them by ventral shots and made myself look stupid, haha, so I probably shouldn't even comment without a look at the molt. If you dip the abdomen of the molt in water/dish soap solution you can usually open it up without tearing it. The wires from bread ties are good tools for this. You'll see 4 white square looking things, those are book lungs. I would need a close up shot of the top set of book lungs, in between them,(which would be on the bottom of the spider) to be able to accurately tell you what sex she is. I'll call her she because its best to be optimistic. I'm not like many people in the hobby though, I'm happy to have a male spider as well. Some of the most docile spiders I've come across were mature males, I'm not sure why that is. It's just that when I get attached to them, I feel the need to get them a female before they pass. That can be expensive.. [/QUOTE]
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