Woooah where did you get your tarantula sexing powers? (Sexing them is a tad difficult) :P This ome is indeed a female. Care to suggest a name for her?
As far as I’m aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that?
This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T’s have turned out to be females so…
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Woooah where did you get your tarantula sexing powers? (Sexing them is a tad difficult) :P This ome is indeed a female. Care to suggest a name for her?
LumiNocta@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Eloise sounds kinda charming.
She’s a bit bulkier than a male judging from the photo. Ofc it could also be true for some males but it was a solid guess ngl. She’s gorgeous tho.
GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Nice name suggestion!
As far as I’m aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that?
This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T’s have turned out to be females so…