Theraphosa stirmi 1.5-2" exuviae
BobBarley

Theraphosa stirmi 1.5-2" exuviae

Looking (and hoping) female, opinions?
I believe I see spermathecae there so I'd go with female. Isn't there another way to tell with T. stirmi that has to do with like if it's male it'll have a dark triangle on it's abdomen by the grove between the top two booklungs?
 
I think I remember reading that in a post around here somewhere. I think @Poec54 was the one that brought it up with the triangle thing. Him or @EulersK but don't quote me on that could've been someone else. I just remember them commenting on that post about the 'T.blondi' sold as unsexed but was actually a MM T. stirmi. I did just realize how small though yours still is so I don't know if that marking even shows at that stage. But yeah. Gratz on the female, I saw EulersK comment on the other photo to confirm female as well.
 
@lunarae Yeah, that definitely wasn't me. But a male would have at least 4" to go before being mature. But I'm not sure what triangle thing you're referring to, I'd love to see the original post of you can manage to find it.
 
@lunarae Yeah, once they get to a certain enough size, the epiandrous fusillae of the males becomes very obvious.. I've used it to inspect and get WC female specimens that I want to purchase from at shops... Here they show you a comparison of a female and male Theraphosa vent, you'll notice the males dark triangular fusillae patch. Female:http://petcenter.info/petcenterstore/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=834 Male:http://petcenter.info/petcenterstore/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=835
 

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Spermathecae sexing (Molts)
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