Male tarantula(?)

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Raygamer

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My Selenocosmia Javanensis been going out of his burrow alot at night and try to escape and kept drumming. Does this mean he's a mature male looking for a mate? Because i fed him well. I can't sex his molt because it would usually be on the bottom of his burrow and he destroy it to pieces. He's usually in his burrow but I've been seeing him going out alot lately.

Although if he is a male i haven't seen him produce a sperm web
 
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They often destroy their sperm web, so just because you can't find it doesn't mean they didn't make one. The best thing to do is try to get a look at his pedipalps, or try to get a photo of them and post here for people to look at. A mature male's emboli is often very obvious.
 
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VanessaS said:
They often destroy their sperm web, so just because you can't find it doesn't mean they didn't make one. The best thing to do is try to get a look at his pedipalps, or try to get a photo of them and post here for people to look at. A mature male's emboli is often very obvious.
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I tried to look for his hook too but I'm not sure what they look like. Are there any pictures reference you can link me to that's on a tarantula and not a drawing
 
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Raygamer said:
I tried to look for his hook too but I'm not sure what they look like. Are there any pictures reference you can link me to that's on a tarantula and not a drawing
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Not all species have hooks and some of them are difficult to spot. I'm not sure if that species has them. Emboli are very bulbous in appearance and are often described as looking like boxing gloves.
 
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VanessaS said:
Not all species have hooks and some of them are difficult to spot. I'm not sure if that species has them. Emboli are very bulbous in appearance and are often described as looking like boxing gloves.
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His pedipalp are round does that mean it's a male?
 
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