He or She? B. emilia

[Pooritat Watcharasin]

What do you think Sir! And please reason.
Thank you everyone

[Guy Tansley]

I'll GUESS male.

[Kain Prestwood]

I'd say female giving the size of the abdomen..

Kain

[Rebecca Norris]

Abdomen size is such a bad way of sexing...

[Kain Prestwood]

Yeah I know, but the guy did ask peoples opinion, I gave him mine. Simple.

Kain

[Rebecca Norris]

But goin on abdomen size would only be "viable" if it was mature... and its not otherwise (if it is male) he would have hooks etc :P

I'd say wait til u get a moult

[Pooritat Watcharasin]

Thank you Guy! Now I Feed them too much , for quick molt hahah

[James Box]

i wouldn't do that...the evidence seems to suggest that over-feeding leads to bad moults and shortened life-spans in some cases. it's not worth the risk.
if it's male, you especially shouldn't overfeed or it'll die that much sooner. enjoy its youth!

[Jennifer Kitzrow]

That is definitely a female...

[Ray Hale]

Interesting debate. On what do you all base your opinions?

Makes good reearch.

Ray

[alex smith]

Emilia.

I would say male judging by the small 'dent' or apperture between the first set of book lungs.I remember this as a belt buckle-to hold up a gents braces!The only sure way to tell is to get the microscope out and examine an exuvia from the inside between book lungs.

[Trevor Parsons]

Interesting debate. On what do you all base your opinions?

Makes good reearch.

Ray

I base my opinion on this



Note: my pics are of B. smithi and there's probably slight differences, but it's still a female.

[Stuart Collins]

i thought you couldnt hold a T. like that?

[Trevor Parsons]

It requires a certain touch. You have to hold it tight enough that it can't get away, but not too hard to crush it or separate leg joints etc.

[J M Clegg]

Well, if you can tell from those pictures and claim 100% accuracy, then you are far better spider keepers than I am!

For me - the only way to really say for sure is visable male hooks, or the flap shown in the abdomen of a female moult near the epigastric furrow. Other than that (in my honest opinion) you are completely guessing!!