Pretty sure it's a female

[angelle]

What's your opinion?

 

[Chubbs]

It is female.

 

[angelle]

It is female.

THANK YOU!!!

 

[angelle]

If you had to guess by her size, how old would you say she is? My hand is about six inches from tip of middle finger to base of Palm.

 

[Chubbs]

Can't really tell you how many YEARS old it is. All I can say is it's a mature female. You can't really determine the age of a tarantula unless you're the one who hatched it yourself.

 

[angelle]

Can't really tell you how many YEARS old it is. All I can say is it's a mature female. You can't really determine the age of a tarantula unless you're the one who hatched it yourself.

Kk. I know shes not full grown. She's in premolt right now. Can't wait to see what she looks like on a fresh molt. I was pretty sure she was a girl though. There was no sign of tibial hooks. But there have been males without them. Also she's a lot larger than a male but who knows. I had never seen her underside until last night. I finally got the nerve to pick her up like that and get a picture of her abdomen. Thanks for confirming what I thought!

 

[Chubbs]

No problem. Yeah, not all tarantulas have tibial hooks, but they all have the emboli resembling boxing gloves which are pretty tough to miss.

 

[angelle]

I'm not sure I've ever even seen a male in person to be honest. I just knew she didn't have hooks, and her abdomen is large than a males usually is, and her sex organs looked female to me. But I'm far from being an expert so I thought I'd ask some folks with more experience.

 

[Mark Aban]

what specie is this?thanks! lovely girl you got there

 

[Chubbs]

It's a G.porteri

 

[angelle]

Grammostola Rosea is what I was told

 

[Chubbs]

Rosea is technically the red color phase. People use that name for both often though.

 

[angelle]

Lol I'm afraid I'm lost. I don't really know anything about the scientific names and Colour phases... So she's not a Chilean rose hair?

 

[Chubbs]

Lol I'm afraid I'm lost. I don't really know anything about the scientific names and Colour phases... So she's not a Chilean rose hair?

I'm not sure if there even is a common name for the normal color phases. Common names are confusing so I don't use them. I believe some consider G.porteri to be simply a different color phase of G.rosea, while others consider them an entirely different species. I think it's still inconclusive however. Basically G.porteri is the normal color phase while G.rosea is the red color phase.

 

[angelle]

So which is she??? Lol. I'm so confused. Sorry.

 

[Chubbs]

If it's gray on the abdomen and legs and pink on the carapace, then it's G.porteri which is the normal color phase. This is what yours looks to be.

 

[angelle]

K. I'll post a new picture after she molts so you can have a better idea of her true colours.