Help me sex this Nhandu Coloratovillosum

[deifiler]

Pretty sure of what it is, though I'm not posting my thoguths incase it influences your thoughts

Taking pictures through plastic was too much of a challange, so I reverted to the good ol' finger-thumb method. I hope my 'method' doesn't make me appear irresponsible or ignorant, or as if I'm showing off and saying "look I pick up my spider in this fashion!". It's hard to keep a steady hand with a camera, focus it, and hold a squirming spider too... haha!

I'm uploading three pictures

 

[deifiler]

Picture two

 

[deifiler]

Third... Thanks for your time

 

[esmoot]

Male

 

[Tangled WWWeb]

Male.

 

[deifiler]

Legend guys, cheers!

I thought male also. It's nice to have my thoughts confirmed!


EDIT: Anyone know at roughly what size the males mature?

Thanks once again

 

[Tangled WWWeb]

Originally posted by deifiler
Legend guys, cheers!

I thought male also. It's nice to have my thoughts confirmed!


EDIT: Anyone know at roughly what size the males mature?

Thanks once again

I had a male mature at roughly 6". I'm sure it varies a bit.

 

[Immortal_sin]

yep, male...
you can really see the patch of hairs (no, I cannot spell it, and I can't find it in Schultz's book)...

 

[esmoot]

Someone gave me a mature male at 4" but I also have 3 inmatures that are 4".

 

[rosehaired1979]

250% Male!

 

[Code Monkey]

Male, male, and some more male. That's a great pic for showing off epiandrous fusilae.

 

[Immortal_sin]

Originally posted by Code Monkey
epiandrous fusilae.

thank you! I found the word 'epiandrous' but there was no 'fusilae' that I could find anywhere....
It's not even in the index either....

 

[Code Monkey]

Originally posted by Immortal_sin
thank you! I found the word 'epiandrous' but there was no 'fusilae' that I could find anywhere....
It's not even in the index either....

That's because Schultz does not cover this sort of sexing. He should since all the other methods focus on female parts and by knowing both you can usually find something that lets you know what's what.

 

[xBurntBytheSunx]

what is a "epiandrous fusilae. "

 

[Lopez]

Originally posted by xBurntBytheSunx
what is a "epiandrous fusilae. "

The male "undercarriage"
Meat & 2 veg
etc

Don't coloratovillosum also change colour a fair bit at maturity?
(I'm sure the striping fades dramatically at the very least)

 

[Botar]

Thanks for posting that one Deifiler. As said before, that is the best picture of the epiandrous fusilae I've ever seen. Even better than the pictures I've seen explaining that method for sexing T's.

Botar

 

[Tangled WWWeb]

Originally posted by Lopez
The male "undercarriage"
Meat & 2 veg
etc

Don't coloratovillosum also change colour a fair bit at maturity?
(I'm sure the striping fades dramatically at the very least)

They don't change that much. Here is a bad pic (hopefully you get the idea) of last year's mature male:

 

[xBurntBytheSunx]

undercarriage? is that like a penis lol

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the epiandrous fusilae are actually special spinnerets used for creating the sperm web. At least that is what Rick West makes it sound like. So technically, it isn't his junk...right?

Jon

 

[JBoyer]

Could someone do the "madden" thing on that picture to point oput exactly what we are seeing. I am VERY bad at the sexing thing and need HELP to see it! Thanks

Jennifer