Togo starburst baboon sex?

[WolfSpider]

It is a tuft of pseudo-setae centrally and just anterior to the slit (goniopore). These structures are hollow spigots connected to the webbing glands that secrete a sperm web.

 

[Casey K.]

That mustache looks like a fusillum, Casey.

Yes, somewhat but the fusillum are more "triangular" in shape and not a horizontal line across the furrow. A lot of females show this physical characteristic. Especially in Brachys.

 

[bbolivier1234]

Yes, somewhat but the fusillum are more "triangular" in shape and not a horizontal line across the furrow. A lot of females show this physical characteristic. Especially in Brachys.

I hope you are right since i like the spiders energy and behaviour, i want it to live long

 

[Arachnoclown]

The abdominal coloration is screaming female.

 

[WolfSpider]

Yes, somewhat but the fusillum are more "triangular" in shape and not a horizontal line across the furrow. A lot of females show this physical characteristic. Especially in Brachys.

That's why she is the master! I stand corrected.

 

[Casey K.]

That's why she is the master! I stand corrected.

Oh not me. I just go off of years of research. My buddy here, Austin S. actually taught me about the shape of the furrow and the mustache on the females.

 

[octanejunkie]

Whats a fusillum?

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