I don't see anything in any of the 4 pics that leads me to say it's female. It looks like a pretty small molt, though, so perhaps under stronger magnification it would be different?
I don't see anything in any of the 4 pics that leads me to say it's female. It looks like a pretty small molt, though, so perhaps under stronger magnification it would be different?
Yeah I was strongly leaning male, but then another group had me second guessing. I was told to check next molt to confirm. Already have people interested in buying it for breeding programs, but want to make sure I make a good decision... plus I love this spider and they're not easy to come by.
Yeah I was strongly leaning male, but then another group had me second guessing. I was told to check next molt to confirm. Already have people interested in buying it for breeding programs, but want to make sure I make a good decision... plus I love this spider and they're not easy to come by.
Then it's definitely a male. At 4" the spermathecae would be well enough developed to be visible to the naked eye, let alone under magnification. See below example - different Pampho species, but close to the same size as yours, and you can see how big the spermathecae are already:
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