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Adult Y. Diversipes sex

Traceheart

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Posted this yesterday and got lots of views but no answers so figured i needed more pics, so i did the best that i could. sorry i'm new to useing this site and wasn't sure if i could delete the old post or had a way to update and bump it. Have Diversipes that im pretty sure has matured since it was very blue until this last molt where it turned copper or rust colored. haveing trouble finding pics or videos on it sexual dimorphism but any breeding videos i have seen the males have looked like this and females have stayed mostly blue. but wasn't sure if that was true or just coincidence. anyway i took pics from a few angles and think he shows what looks like boxing gloves and very small hooks but couldn't get a pic to show the hooks and also took a pic of vent. any help is appriciated. thank you
 

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Gizalba

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I've no idea how to figure out the sex from underneath however yes I am pretty certain I see hooks and male emboli in the picture below. Handsome fellow! :) Interesting to see how the colour has changed to coppery after maturing! I have never seen the mature male colouring as of course they always show the female colouring on the shop pictures. I have a juvenile Y. diversipes I was hoping was female due to all the blue, but from this info maybe he/she could still turn out male.

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Traceheart

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I've no idea how to figure out the sex from underneath however yes I am pretty certain I see hooks and male emboli in the picture below. Handsome fellow! :) Interesting to see how the colour has changed to coppery after maturing! I have never seen the mature male colouring as of course they always show the female colouring on the shop pictures. I have a juvenile Y. diversipes I was hoping was female due to all the blue, but from this info maybe he/she could still turn out male.

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thanks so much. what i thought i saw too. was pretty surprised myself after the molt, didn't expect that much of a color change from it. still pretty in his own way tho
 
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