P. muticus (KBT)

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  Arachnophoric

• Dec 29, 2019

Sex, not gender. Scary word, I know.

Looks male to me.

 

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  The Grym Reaper

• Dec 29, 2019

I think male but I'm not at all that familiar with this species

 

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  spideyspinneret78

• Dec 29, 2019

You can see the triangular patch of fusillae above the furrow, so I'll also say male.

 

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  weibkreux

• Dec 29, 2019

@Arachnophoric my bad, wrong choice of word.

Thanks for the answers..

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Dec 29, 2019

@weibkreux You're good, it's semantics more than anything since I knew what you meant either way.

NP. I'll add that I'm not 100% sure in my answer, but I have both a male and a female, and my female's furrow is much more pronounced/lippy. Sexing by molt at smaller sizes looks like it'll be a pain to boot, as the spermathecae of my MF in her most recent molt (measured at 6") were surprisingly small, so I can imagine at 3" it might be easy to miss.

 

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  weibkreux

• Dec 29, 2019

@Arachnophoric going to wait for months for a new molt haha, hopefully not mangled/destroyed before I see it. Thanks again.

 

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  Arachnophoric

• Dec 29, 2019

@weibkreux no problem, best of luck.