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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Josh's Frogs" data-source="post: 241505" data-attributes="member: 49228">A while back I shared pics of Bagheera, one of our Brazilian Blue Tarantulas (Lasiocyano sazimai) right after a molt and referred to him with a generic female pronoun. This is a common practice when keepers are referring to their unsexed tarantulas.  I had several sharp eyed keepers point out something that I had missed when taking those pics. That was that Bagheera was not only a male, he had molted into his  mature form! Once he had finished sclerotizing he started forming sperm webs to load his emboli. These are special glands that develop on mature males on the end of their pedipalps and are used to deliver their genetic material. The male has to encounter the female head on, lift her up, and deliver his genetic material to the back half of her underside. All the while, he has her fangs dangling over his head like the Sword of Damacles. Here we see Bagheera doing just that with his new girlfriend, Baloo! Hopefully they give us a sac full of precious little babies that will grow into living sapphires in their own time. Wish them luck![ATTACH=full]77210[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]77211[/ATTACH]</blockquote>