Confirmation please. P. mettallica female?

[Johanna Turner]

Hi guys and gals

Just got a nice, fresh moult from my P. metallica. Here's a pic. I am thinking female, anybody got any comments?

Cheers

[Alonso Tolentino]

Congratulations. I'm seeing a female there!

[Jamie Cooper]

I agree. Female

[MarkPorter]

Most def a female.

Give me a shout when she is mature as I am sure I'll have a male for her

[Johanna Turner]

Thanks guys

Very chuffed as this is the first time I have been fortunate enough to be able to have (afford!) more than one metallica in my collection and to know one is definitely a female is great! The last time I was able to afford one (from last-stage nymph) it turned out to be a male! I have another 3 to sex. One is the other I bought from Michael Scheller (same batch, same size), so waiting for it to moult to sex it, then I have two smaller ones, from Martin Goss.
I would love to have a go at breeding at some point, especially as Lisa Baines has ben successful. I know that they are notoriously difficult to breed but I think Lisa has proven that it this not necessarily the case...

Jo