G pulchra ventral sexing 3-3.5 inches
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G pulchra ventral sexing 3-3.5 inches

I'm thinking it's a female but I could be biased.. ventral sexing pros, help!
I can pretty clearly see it. Sometimes on smaller specimens it can be a bit more tricky to tell upon first glance. It can take some practice. I'm pretty sure yours is a male, but of course confirm with a molt!
 
I can pretty clearly see it. Sometimes on smaller specimens it can be a bit more tricky to tell upon first glance. It can take some practice. I'm pretty sure yours is a male, but of course confirm with a molt!
How about the other G pulchra in my last post?
 
And yes, I suspect your other spider is a female.
I bought 3 G pulchra hoping one ends up being female. I'll keep buying more whenever I find em for sale. It's unreal how difficult it is to find a female of this species and it's my fav. Whenever someone is selling an adult female confirmed with molt, it's 600-750 bucks here. Glad to know at least one seems to be a female.
 


Here's a male G pulchra a bit smaller than my T and the oval patch is pretty clear. It's because I don't see it on mine that I'm confused.
@spideyspinneret78 is 100% correct on this one.

You don't see almost this exact pattern of dark fusillae on yours? Yes, the scale is slightly different, but there is always some amount of variation from specimen to specimen. Comparing the epiandrous fusillae between species (like Poecilotheria and Grammostola) is fruitless, as well.

Take a look at this example of a G. pulchra which is very clearly a female. Hopefully you can see the difference between this one and yours.

 

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