Juvenile b. smithi exuvium. It's probably too young to tell, but I figure I'd still give it a shot. It can't hurt. The sling is small, about 1-1.5 inches. Does that maybe look like developing spermathecae? Or does that sound like wishful thinking?
It could be. It looks similar to the female molts of that size that I've looked at under a microscope. It's hard to tell without being able to manipulate the molt to see I'd it is just a fold or not.
I feel like I can see the spermathecae. Do you see those dark areas on the flap? They look symmetrical to my eyes, and I feel like that sort-of-semi-circle underneath the flap is the bursa copulatrix. What do you guys think?
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