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Pretty confident this is a male but just like to have some reassurance. An expert (no names) is confident. My concern is it appears scrawny compared to what ive seen in females. Curious your thoughts. Thank you.


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Casey K.

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Looks female to me. The females gradually lose the prominent dorsal stripe as they age. Also, book lung spacing and an "opening" in the exuvium play a major part in my decision.....but mostly, the dorsal view. Males maintain their dorsal stripe- even through maturity.
 
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Also, if you are interested in breeding her, I have a fresh mature male that just molted yesterday.
 

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