The Magnificent Duke wrote: ... From what I read in your post it sounds like you have your terms mixed up...The bursa copulatrix is not a flap of skin but the oval to semi. ...

You are SOOOoooo correct! Sorry. I don't know what I was thinking. :blush:

Wait! Yes I do! I was doing my Internet stuff in a McDonald's in Carlsbad, New Mexico (home of the as yet unnamed Aphonopelma sp. Carlsbad green tarantula) and having breakfast. There was this family of about 30 (well maybe not that many) across the aisle from me, and the kids were running around squealing and raising H3|| like a family of little heathen piglets. And, the parents were carrying on a conversation in Spanish, yelling so they could hear each other over the din raised by the kids. :evil:

The more people I meet the more I love my tarantulas! :laugh:

The more people I meet the more I love my tarantulas!

Concuerdo !!! :blush:

Wow this is getting so interesting and I am now learning so much. Thank you everyone for your input and the illustrations. Duke I kinda almost saw the same as you just not in that much detail, thanks for that last illustration that made it even more clear. And thanks Stanley I am learning some new BIG words and will soon be able to sound smart hehehe .
Ojaa and Spinnerkop I get what you are saying, it makes perfect sense.