Please help with this one H. Murrayensis

[CyanideOwl]

Last time I gave ventral pics of my H. Murrayensis which is impossible that way so I made overall pics of her and her latest molt.

I was trying to get her bulbuses (if male I guess) but she is sitting in a place that is dirty. She molted way too fast but here are the insides of her molt.

I tried to make good photos and I cannot find Holconia spermatecae anywhere on the web which is weird. Is H. Murrayensis that rare or boring that people just don't get them at all?

 

[Ratmosphere]

I'd try and get in contact with Nick Krueger... he is the true spider master and might be able to help.

 

[Casey K.]

Those 2 brown spots look like spermatheca to me. Are you trying to sex it or??

 

[CyanideOwl]

Those 2 brown spots look like spermatheca to me. Are you trying to sex it or??

I'm trying to sex it. Did I not type that anywhere? xD Man sometimes you just forget the most important part.
And I could not find info about the look of them. It won't matter too me in the end since I won't breed but it will give me peace of mind to know how many years we have left together.

 

[CyanideOwl]

I'd try and get in contact with Nick Krueger... he is the true spider master and might be able to help.

Who is that and where can I contact him? On YouTube or some site? Sorry for double answer I'm not used to forums with multi quote answers and I forget.

 

[Casey K.]

I'm trying to sex it. Did I not type that anywhere? xD Man sometimes you just forget the most important part.
And I could not find info about the look of them. It won't matter too me in the end since I won't breed but it will give me peace of mind to know how many years we have left together.

It looks female to me given my spood knowledge, lol. Especially if all spiders are pretty much built the same. That looks like spermatheca to me when I increase the resolution on the photos.

 

[Ratmosphere]

Who is that and where can I contact him? On YouTube or some site? Sorry for double answer I'm not used to forums with multi quote answers and I forget.

FaceBoook or Instagram. Well known guy in the hobby.

 

[CyanideOwl]

It looks female to me given my spood knowledge, lol. Especially if all spiders are pretty much built the same. That looks like spermatheca to me when I increase the resolution on the photos.

She is pretty big now spreading around 13cm wide my hands are small so the picture with that might not be so telling. I don't see any bulbuses and I have no idea about the proportions. It's always "males just have longer legs" but when you do not have comparison it's hard. I'm not sure if the 2 black spots are spermatecae I thought they are holes(?). I will have to check again.

 

[Casey K.]

This is the area I'm looking at.

 

[CyanideOwl]

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This is the area I'm looking at.

Yeah I know what you mean but I literally thought it is just two holes. Oh wow it might be spermatecae actually. I thought before they are changing colour based on what is behind them since I thought they were holes. But looking again they don't.

See I got confused here. Thought there is 6 holes but there is 4 and spermatecae hopefully?

 

[Casey K.]

Yeah I know what you mean but I literally thought it is just two holes. Oh wow it might be spermatecae actually. I thought before they are changing colour based on what is behind them since I thought they were holes. But looking again they don't.

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See I got confused here. Thought there is 6 holes but there is 4 and spermatecae hopefully?

It definitely looks like spermatheca to me.