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  • Help determining the gender please

    Hi guys, I think this is the right place for this...

    My latest addition is a sub-adult G. sp "Concepicon" that turned up in the post on Tuesday and promptly moulted yesterday evening!
    I took the exuvium to a chap in Manchester today who seemed to think it's a male, but I'm not so sure and would like a second opinion please.
    Here are a couple of photos.

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    The second image seems to show more clearly what I think are the spermathecae.

    Please note most of my T's are just slings so sexing them is new to me.
    I'd love your opinion.

    Thanks,
    Steve
    Last edited by Steve Simons; 16-02-12, 03:17 PM. Reason: Formatting screwed up
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    Yep, female, clear as day.
    www.flickr.com/photos/craigmackay/sets

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    • #3
      Magic, thanks Craig!

      I was concerned that the protrusions were accessory organs.
      However, I'm sure I see the uterus externus and certainly a bursa copulatrix.

      She's now called Maggie.

      Thanks,
      Steve.
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