sexing gracilis

[kahoy]

im not sure about this but females and males graclis realy looks similar.

i can only differentiate them by the color of the last body segment and of the tail, and also the females have fatter 5th metasoma, females have body fatter than males.

i just started to keep them but its very hard, someone already buy from me 2 pairs and she thought me how to ID them but still it is hard.

do anyone have a more easier way to ID sex.

they are 1week mature old.

1 pair already started to have sex.

the tail length of males are nearly the same as females, that makes hard for me.



tnx.

 

[darrelldlc]

Hi the males have really long tail segments, and relatively slim bodies, the females have fatter bodies and short tail segments. exactly like Isometrus maculatus.
Darrell.

 

[kahoy]

tnx, they just molt to adulthoo this past 2weeks, the day i recieved the mail from someone.