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Caribena versicolor ventral sexing?

ArtistNearby

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I know it's a long shot but any ideas on what my C. versicolor sling could be? I tried to get as clear pictures as possible
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SikmT7

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Looks like a female, it's more difficult to sex aboreals because the MM don't have tibial hooks when they mature. Ventral isn't always 100% reliable but sexing through shed molts typically is, in which I'm still learning how to do myself.
 

octanejunkie

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Looks like a female, it's more difficult to sex aboreals because the MM don't have tibial hooks when they mature. Ventral isn't always 100% reliable but sexing through shed molts typically is, in which I'm still learning how to do myself.
Mature male avicularia do have tibial hooks, but emboli are easier to see and they are not sexually dimorphic like Psalmopeus
 
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