Confirmation please?

[Dan Kennard]

I am concerned tho as the male is much larger than the female. But would it still be ok to mate them? Or would the male kill the female as I have seen happen fairly recently with someone elses T's when the male was larger than the female?

We are assuming that the smaller spider was genuinely female. The possibility remains that it could have been an immature male - This happens much more often than you would think.

Anyway, many adult male spiders will have a larger leg span than the female, but a smaller body build. The general rule of thumb is if the carapace on both spiders is roughly the same, then it's worth trying.

[Tania Baker]

when photobucket wants to work for me i will post a pic of the female..... definitely female

[Dan Kennard]

when photobucket wants to work for me i will post a pic of the female..... definitely female

You've mistaken my post. I was referring to the "female" that was killed by the male you mentioned.

[Tania Baker]

You've mistaken my post. I was referring to the "female" that was killed by the male you mentioned.

Sorry ... my bad lol

[Tania Baker]

my female

[Tania Baker]

just to check is the directly above specimen female? It's 4.5" LS and seems to have very fuzzy legs for a female? I have not been able to get a good pic for vent sexing and don't yet have a molt to sex by molt

[Tania Baker]

another pic from diff angle of the new H. mac which was sold to me as female....Lets hope it is otherwise my male is going to be disappointed

[Guy Tansley]

Yep, female.