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    its not a good pic but im trying too find some more
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  • #2
    Hi Mathew
    Its not always easy to sex a "T" from an external view even with a very good piccy the only cast iron way is from the shed skin and you need to look for the spermathecae on the inside for female spiders or the lack of these on males

    this site gives some very good pics showing what to look for http://www.arachnofreaks.com/forum/f...p?TID=188&PN=1

    Good luck with him / her

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    • #3
      Or you could look in our Theraphosid Gallery !!
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      • #4
        If the tarantula has matured, look at the underside of the pedipalps near the foot. If there is a red bulb on each pedipalp it is a male. Also if you look through the back issues of the BTS journal you'll find that Chris Sainsbury did an excellent write up last year on sexing tarantulas using shed exoskeletons after a moult. Hope this helps.
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        • #5
          The reference for the article that Nicola mentioned

          Sainsbury, C. 2006. A little help with sexing. Journal of the British Tarantula Society, 22 (1): 11–15.

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          • #6
            sexing

            well i bought it from a pet store and they have no idea thats all but mi dont think it is mature yet, there are no red bulbs though? and also there are no hooks on its front legs ?
            Last edited by matthew hammersley; 12-01-08, 08:14 AM. Reason: more info

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            • #7
              Hi Matthew, How big is your spider (legspan)? If you can get a larger picture we can identify the species and have a better look. There is a great website called Photobucket and if you upload your pics onto there, you can then 'copy' and 'paste' them onto your posts here easily.
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              • #8
                hey nicola hows things, well i think my blondi is only 5 cm long it aint that big yet

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                • #9
                  At 5cm I wouldn't worry about gender just yet. For a T. blondi its more like 8cm before you can get a decent shed skin to have a look at. Smaller than that is very fiddly with unwrapping the shed abdominal skin.
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                  • #10
                    thanks bro she got a bit of growing to do yet lol

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by matthew hammersley View Post
                      hey nicola hows things, well i think my blondi is only 5 cm long it aint that big yet
                      ur blondi looks from that pic larger than 5cm, are u measuring it body length or leg span?

                      If its body length then sure, it's large enough to be visually sexed from a moult.
                      All those legs and not a pair of shoes in sight... Nice tarsus tho...

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                      • #12
                        Hi Matthew, shouldn't take too long to grow up.
                        its sis not bro, by the way!
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                        • #13
                          from the bottom of its abdomen to the front of its head just before the fangs

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                          • #14
                            sorry sis hey all good

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