P. metallica
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P. metallica

9-10cm legspan, F or M?
Are you 100% sure? They can be very difficult for sexing dorsal and ventral as juveniles. Have you seen dorsal picture?
 
Pokies are the easiset to sex ventrally IMO. Would be suprised if this turned out female.
 
On yours Hobo you can get a good clue by the line under the dot area. On the females it's more open and the male it's closed tightly. Still obviously an inexact science.
 
The line was closed very tightly to almost nothing. You can barely see it in my picture, which I can't say for the one posted here. Besides, the "line" isn't the best way to tell on its own, and is one of the last things you should look at, IMO. Then again, ventral sexing for tricky ones like this is always easier in person than it is through one angle pictures.
I would still maybe say this one is male, but not with any confidence to conclude anything without a molt to back it up.
 

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