L.violaceopes m/f ?
Mako16

L.violaceopes m/f ?

This one is really confusing me! I will try to make some better pictures .. it is freshly molted and over 5 inches in leg span .
I think females this size should be waaay more blue? The skin was completely destroyed though -.-''
 
Thanks! I don't have any doubts either now , I have made some better shots and the epigastric furrow is now actually visible!


 
Yeah that's definitely a female, males are very easy to spot at that size :) Good luck with her, she's a beauty.
 
Thanks for the opinions .. I have to show you guys something, maybe Austin is right? .. this is my 2nd violaceopes from same sack & same size . It just moulted and look at this..

2nd violaceopes - before and after molt pics
 
Yeah, great photos btw. Prime ventral examples. I do think the one in your OP is male, may look like a slit with a quick glance, but when you focus and look closer towards the middle of it, there is a notch there, which is not present in these new photos (0.1)
 

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