Female or Male? (Grammostola rosea)

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  Tia B

• Feb 20, 2018

That G. rosea is less than a year old? I seriously doubt that with how slow-growing that species is. Also looks kind of male to me.

 

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  HALU

• Feb 20, 2018

@Tia B yes,the shop stuff told so. so you mean mine is larger than usual? thanks for comment.

 

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  MetalMan2004

• Feb 20, 2018

Looks male to me, and the pet store was wrong about age as they quite often are...

 

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  HALU

• Feb 20, 2018

@MetalMan2004 thanks for answering. then,about how old do you guess?

 

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  MetalMan2004

• Feb 20, 2018

Whats the legspan? Its almost impossible to say, as growth rate can vary greatly depending on feeding and temperatures they are kept at. No matter the age you’ll probably have a long time with it since they are slow growers that live for a long time.

 

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  EulersK

• Feb 20, 2018

It is certainly much older than one year.

What we need to see is much too blurry to even guess. Look up spermatheca sexing so you can see what we need.

 

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  Moakmeister

• Feb 20, 2018

The pet shop lied to you

 

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  Exoskeleton Invertebrates

• Feb 20, 2018

Female.

 

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  boina

• Feb 21, 2018

I'm not 100% because of the picture quality but I'd say female, too.

A one year old G. rosea is a speck with legs. This one is anywhere from 3 to 30 years old, 3 being the absolute minimum and rather unlikely at that.

 

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  Liquifin

• Feb 22, 2018

That's a female IMO, and what's its legspan??? that will help alot on identifying age.