My LP got sexed as female but now that 'she' is at least 5" big I am thinking 'she' is a male as the LP is very leggy rather than stocky. I have a photo of a molt but not sure if you can sex from it as its a quick snap and some molt is missing. Are you able to sex 'her' from it?
You can't really sex this molt as is. You'll need to open up the abdomen section of the molt, and take a picture of the inside of it. The molt might still be unsexable (it looks torn right along where the spermatheca would be), but we won't know til we look. As for the legginess: unless it's a mature male, being leggy doesn't actually mean much. Some are just leggier than others. My 5" female LP actually just molted this week, so I'll post a picture to show you what to look for
This is the view we need. That little flap with two nubs on top in the center of the photo is what to look for to identify it as female. Hope that helps!
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