I have a macro lens that shows enough detail of both the ventral and the exuvia. They are already displaying a very obvious dark spot ventrally at 1". They are small adults, you can definitely sex them at 1" with the right tools. I was also able to correctly sex both my male and female Euathlus parvulus at the 1" mark.
This is a 1" individual. If people want to tell me I'm wrong that he is male, it would please me a great deal to be wrong.
All other things being equal, male tarantulas tend to mature faster than females. (This may be an evolutionary mechanism to reduce inbreeding among sac-mates.)
Once you have a molt that is large enough to manipulate without tearing it to shreds, you can attempt to sex it. By 2", the molt is often sexable without a microscope (although a good camera can help magnify the relevant details). Many have been able to sex even smaller slings with a microscope.
When a batch of WC legal imports come in I have seen adult/sub adult females go for as low as $60. You do take a risk, due to possible parasites and the stressful conditions that they go through in the process of export/import. On the other hand when there is a drought on an extremely popular slow growing T females command a high price. I just sold my adult female and a MM for $200 local and had many that asked about them. They sold in about 2 days local with no shipping.
No, actually I've never heard of color morphs in tarantulas. "Color morphs" are animals of the same species that have been bred to have various colors, like boas or pythons. The Euathlus sp. red and sp. yellow for example are completely different species, that are different in a lot more than just color. Yellow, for example, is smaller than red, among other differences. Then there are 'blue' and 'green' and they are much larger (not dwarfs at all) and look completely different. Those are simply species that are not scientifically described yet and someone decided it would be a good idea to name them by color...
I live in England mine cost me £50 for a full glass set up , and for my Juvenile in November last year , he was being sold by someone down sizing their collection . Andrea 82 also mentioned the C Elgans another favourite of mine VERY cute as well as is the C Ritae. Smaller than the Eauthlus Red Sp .
Euathlus is basically a dumping area for non-described species @Andee . B.smithi was Euathlus for example. (And is now B.hamorii).
Gets very confusing , the E.Pulchorimaklaasi is confusing, I've been told two different things 1. It's the old name for it 2 . It's not the same as the others in the Eauthlus family , so don't worry you don't have two the same .
My lass seems extremely laid back. She literally doesn't move when I take her lid off.
E. pulcherrimaklaasi is actually a case of mistaken identity. It's a bit confusing.
Then you are interested in the wrong animals as escapes are always possible, and often do happen. I have a small species that I keep in a KK, not because it needs the height, but because I need the height of KK walls to minimize escape as it's far FASTER than some other members of its genus, quite surprising.
P. scrofa is.