A. geniculata sling/juvenile
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A. geniculata sling/juvenile

I'm going to 'guess' female, I see what looks like spermatheca but they could be male accessory organs.
 
I'm going to 'guess' female, I see what looks like spermatheca but they could be male accessory organs.
Thanks, i've been thinking female as well, but the dark spot above the epigastric furrow in the ventral shot made me question it so I went back to an older molt, guess I'll have to wait for another molt to be sure.
 
It's a male. The ventral pic you linked clearly shows epiandrous fusillae, and what you see here are the male accessory organs. If it were female at that size the spermathecae would be obvious to the naked eye, like this:
 

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