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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eighth Eye Blind" data-source="post: 239735" data-attributes="member: 49683">FYI, I left you a note in your other post with the microscope pics.Don't be fooled by external sexing. T's are great at cross-dressing. External characteristics will change from molt to molt. I know a lot of people swear they can tell just by looking, but long experience in the lab says that such opinions are barely better than a guess.Looking at the fresh exuviae after a molt is the way to go and even then it's not anywhere near perfect. You can always be fooled by a bad prep - especially in young T's.At the end of the day there will almost always be at least some uncertainty about the sex of a T until it reaches full maturity unless it's a species with obvious and consistent sexual dimorphism.And then there's the problem of gynandromorphism. Don't even get me started on that . . . .Good luck!</blockquote>