My Smithi is looking a bit male to me :(

[Neil Ashby]

My juvi Smithi shed "his" skin last night as well as my blondi but to me he is looking very spindly and male . Ive posted a pic if someone can have a look for me please

I want another female obviously but in saying that , if he is male , i may have a go at mating him with my female

[LanceHutchings]

Looks ok to me mate

Cant see any 'Boxing Gloves' so its still female to me atm lol

Lance

[Neil Richardson]

It's not a mature male, that's for sure.

Looking at the skin photo's, it's a bit blurred, but i think that's a female. Need a good focused closeup on the inside of the abdomen to be sure though.

[Neil Ashby]

My cameras not really up to a closer shot im afraid , he/she is no where near fully grown at the mo , about 3.5" i think

[Simon Batten]

looks to me like its a female as the others said the pics a bit blurred but im pretty sure you can see the spermathecae.

Im sure someone will correct me if im wrong thats just what it looks like to me

[Richard Goram]

Yeah looks like a girl to me. Congrats!

[Neil Ashby]

Really ?

I always try to determine the sex myself but it looks the same to me in every skin ive looked at !

What exactly am i looking for because every T has the 2 little lips between the book lungs , what is the difference because ive seen comparason pics of males and females but they look the same ??

[Richard Groves]

100% female!

Look at pic two, you can see a raised flap of skin between the two book lungs, this is the epigastric furrow and is only present on females.

[Neil Ashby]

Ok Richard , check out my other blondi thread . I know the pic isnt clear but what do you think mate ?

[Richard Goram]

Really ?

I always try to determine the sex myself but it looks the same to me in every skin ive looked at !

What exactly am i looking for because every T has the 2 little lips between the book lungs , what is the difference because ive seen comparason pics of males and females but they look the same ??

Look at this thread from another forum. Lots of good pics of sexed exuviums and some explanations of what all the parts are and what to look for etc. http://www.tarantulas.us/forums/showthread.php?t=2087

[Glen Feasey]

If your going to the show take the shed skin with you. Im sure there will be plenty of people there that can tell you.