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Message: <blockquote data-quote="octanejunkie" data-source="post: 175884" data-attributes="member: 3872">I rehydrated her exo in "soapy water" overnight, works like a charm btw - tiniest drop of dish soap and let it soak[ATTACH=full]47197[/ATTACH]She's a solid 2"+ hereUnfortunately, the molt was not in good enough shape to reliably sex from[ATTACH=full]47199[/ATTACH]Ventrally however, she looks like a lady[ATTACH=full]47198[/ATTACH]The 3 criteria are explained <a href="http://milehighbugclub.com/Methods%20for%20Sexing%20Tarantulas.htm" target="_blank">here</a>, but I'm mostly using the position and angle of the anterior book lungs, distance between and angle off dorsal centerline. Males are closer to straight across, or 90° from the centerline, females are on about a 15-20° angleAdditionally the epigastric furrow is more curved on ladies, but from this angle that criteria is not decisive on it's own. Fingers crossed she's a lady because P. gigas 2.0 appears male by comparison but he won't stay still for a picture... he's camera shy lol</blockquote>