Can I get help sexing my little Nugget? I'll add more pictures to the post. I read a lot about Epiandrous fusillae sexing for t. albo, and I *think* it's male, but I am not exactly sure. It molted about a week ago give or take a day or two. What do y'all think?
Sorry, to me none of the pics really show the area clearly enough to be able to say for certain. T. albos are easy enough to sex ventrally, though - if the top lip of the furrow is bulged out and it looks like there's a long mustache of setae hanging down over it, you've got a female. If the furrow doesn't really bulge much and is like a flat, straight line or even has a little notch in the center of the top lip with a patch of short, dark setae (fusillae) above it, then it's male.
Thank you for replying! I knew the pictures might be a shot in the dark. It's hard to get a clear picture of this little guy/girl! I'll keep checking when it hangs out on the glass. I appreciate the excellent description. I've been looking for that little mustache, and haven't seen it so that's why I was thinking male. At the same time I'm not sure if I should wait another molt to be sure.
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