Are these spermathecae i'm seeing?

[BrynWilliams]

Hey guys

Tiny obt moult was found today and i had to soap+water it just to get a view as it was properly crispy.

This was the best shot i could get and i think they're spermathecae i'm seeing, but granted the shot isn't great. Opinions?

 

[dianedfisher]

I think I can see a spermathecae. It's hard since it's not sclerotized yet and it's flattened , but you can see the bursa copulatrix. This is one of Craig McInnes drawings.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/wraithspirit/spider bits/femaleorgans.jpg
I'm sure you've posted your pic on arachnophiles.uk and he can tell you I'm seeing things. I usually try to lift the spermatheca with a pin. If you can lift it and see the uterus externus you know you've got a girl, but it's hard to do it on small molts and when they're wet I can never get a photo cuase the weight of the water flattens them again.
Diane

 

[BrynWilliams]

yeah this T's moult is about 2cm across, so I'm trying to get a jump on it also makes getting something small into/behind the uterus externus really hard

Thanks for the response though

 

[BrynWilliams]

anyone want to chip in?

 

[jb62]

My handheld microscope is 60x- 100x it shows hairs looking like thick needles lol..
I won't say about looking at t eyes ( but I was shocked ).

But is it good enough to sex a sling?.

 

[BrynWilliams]

that would be plenty to sex moults. At best i'm achieving 5-10x at most with my setup. It's just all about lighting the subject correctly so you can see what you're looking for

My handheld microscope is 60x- 100x it shows hairs looking like thick needles lol..
I won't say about looking at t eyes ( but I was shocked ).

But is it good enough to sex a sling?.

 

[Hellion299]

Scope

Hummmm.......This is a neat picture...The scope I use ranges from 40x - 1000x but I have never had to use more then 100x to sex a molt even on my little 2" bugs. (Which is the size I like to wait to try an accurate sexing.) It's hard to tell but there does look to be spermathecae hiding there.

 

[Nerri1029]

Maybe this might help some.

http://sites.google.com/site/tarantulamicropics/home/pterinochilus

 

[BrynWilliams]

thanks Nerri

Does look like what i think are spermathecae, first of my OBT slings to be sexed! Yay!

Oddly it's the fastest growing of the lot so far. That could just mean greedy.

 

[mcluskyisms]

Yeah, Id say its spermathecae developing in its infancy, as Craig mentioned on AP's you can see the beginnings of the bursa copulatrix also.

 

[BrynWilliams]

cheers! yeah i posted these up on the same day :d just wanted to get a few opinions really

Yeah, Id say its spermathecae developing in its infancy, as Craig mentioned on AP's you can see the beginnings of the bursa copulatrix also.