This spider was ventrally sexed as a male at around 2 inches. Is this actually a female? I'm having a hard time telling if I'm looking at a flap/spermatheca or male accessory organs. It looks like a flap to my eye but I'm not practiced enough to know for sure.
It looks more like spermathecae than accessory organs to me, but it would help to see a pic that's zoomed in closer. If it's female, you should be able to get a tip of a pin or toothpick behind a flap and wiggle it back and forth.
It looks more like spermathecae than accessory organs to me, but it would help to see a pic that's zoomed in closer. If it's female, you should be able to get a tip of a pin or toothpick behind a flap and wiggle it back and forth.
I allowed this molt to dry and it ended up being a flap, so I'm reasonably certain at this point that I have a female. I'm still learning how to molt sex -- relatively new to the hobby -- and it's interesting how just one molt ago I was totally sure this would be a male. I'm realizing that without a microscope I can't accurately sex until around 3 inches DLS.
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