Poecilotheria metallica [ventral sexing]

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  MrGhostMantis

• Dec 20, 2019

Looks female.

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Dec 23, 2019

I'm going to say male. That prominent triangular patch is present on both my molt sexed males.

 

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  MirzaMicha

• Dec 23, 2019

Oh no that's bad news was hoping it would've been female but was also thinking about male but again I was thinking all my poecies was male

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Dec 23, 2019

@MirzaMicha well you always want to confirm via molt - there are surprises, even among Poecis.

 

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  MirzaMicha

• Dec 23, 2019

Sadly it molted last week but the springtails were before me to get it how long would it take for the Metallica to molt again?

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Dec 23, 2019

@MirzaMicha depends on the size, how often it's fed, and what temps it's being kept at. Even knowing those factors though, there's no way to accurately tell how long it'll be before it molts again. Yours looks to be a good sized juvie, so I'd expect it to be at LEAST 4 months or so before you see it molting again.

 

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  MirzaMicha

• Dec 23, 2019

Aw 4 months waiting -_-' lolz but I don't have any other choice it's not so easy to find him premolting as he go in his tube and closes it