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Some help sexing/bad info?
- Thread starter tapkoote
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No spermathecae, uterus externus or bursa copulatrix visable. At 3 3/4" you would be able to see these fairly easily if your spider was female. The pet shop lady is talking out her poo hole I'm afraid.
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At almost 4", spermathecae would be very visible.
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Please, is it possible for you to take another picture, with more clarity (? I mean: less blurry) on the area between the book lungs (= the white spots): it's hard for me to say whether there's a spermathecae or not.
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i hope this helps
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I do have a couple more, and a picture before molt of her on the glass.
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How did you get those two to sit still like that????
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Those arent mine. Internet source
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I'm embarrassed: on the ventral shot, it looks male to me. But it seems there is something between the book lungs in the molt. The problem is as it isn't focused, it's hard to tell. But it could be female.
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I'm awful at sexing, but I would say male just based on what I personally see. Probably like.. 25% chance I'm right. haha.
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The only thing between the book lungs is a blurry gonopore. If it was a female then the bursa copulatrix would be the most obvious feature to see from that angle, slightly blurry or not. I just wish people would stop trying to sex spiders based purely on spermathecae alone.
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plessey I'm new to all this
I looked up the bursa copulatrix, there's a hand drawing stating it's not shed in molt. I'm confused, standing by.
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No worries we are here to help.
Below that drawing it says "This drawing shows how all the parts connect with the organs that are not shed during a moult." Just underneath it it says "Uterus internus. A short section of tube that connects to the uterus externus at one end and to the oviducts at the other. This along with the oviduct and ovaries is not shed." The photograph above the drawing shows the spermathecae, uterus externus and bursa copulatrix so these parts are obviously shed.
The bursa copulatrix is the lower alcove that is formed below the spermathecae and the uterus externus. It is an elliptical shaped indentation in the shed skin that is only found in females.
Below that drawing it says "This drawing shows how all the parts connect with the organs that are not shed during a moult." Just underneath it it says "Uterus internus. A short section of tube that connects to the uterus externus at one end and to the oviducts at the other. This along with the oviduct and ovaries is not shed." The photograph above the drawing shows the spermathecae, uterus externus and bursa copulatrix so these parts are obviously shed.
The bursa copulatrix is the lower alcove that is formed below the spermathecae and the uterus externus. It is an elliptical shaped indentation in the shed skin that is only found in females.
