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Male or Female??


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16 years 3 months ago #1969 by Hendrik Steenberg
It's a bit small still to tell with the naked eye if this is a male or female. My female molted about a week ago and is 13cm now and under the microscope only can you spot the spermatheca.
Unless you can give us a closer photo of the spermatheca area it's very risky to tell.
Hope this helps.
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16 years 3 months ago #1970 by Marula
Replied by Marula on topic Re:Male or Female??
Hendrijs, are you sure this is a female? Did you see the uterus externus? It should be easy to spot at that size :dry:

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16 years 3 months ago - 16 years 3 months ago #1974 by Hendrik Steenberg
I hope so............
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16 years 3 months ago #1975 by Hendrik Steenberg
This is the wet spermatheca. I only chose the dry photo cause Wynster's excuvium was dry.
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16 years 3 months ago #2002 by oceanblue
Replied by oceanblue on topic Re:Male or Female??
@Wynster, I would also say male.

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16 years 3 months ago - 16 years 3 months ago #2008 by Danny
Replied by Danny on topic Re:Male or Female??
The Spermathacea on Nhandu Chromatus is very small, and does not have nice leafy structures like other T's do, there is a possibility that this one is a female. I say this because a male would have a straight smooth ridge across the anterior book lungs, but this has these two small bumps/structures.

Here is a link to another arachnoboards post with a female exuvium and you can see how small the spermathacea structures are.

www.arachnoboards.com/ab/gallery/showimage.php?i=7322

I say young Female.

HS

:)
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