Can you molt sex true spiders?

[Edan bandoot]

Or do I have to wait until I see pedipalps?

Or ventrally sex, I got a pretty good picture

 

[ForTW]

Ofc, if not, take a binocular.
The thing is, lots of true spider s either have sexual dimorphism or you sex them by growthrate/length of the legs.
And they don't got spermathecs as large as T's.

 

[Edan bandoot]

Ofc, if not, take a binocular.
The thing is, lots of true spider s either have sexual dimorphism or you sex them by growthrate/length of the legs.
And they don't got spermathecs as large as T's.

u wanna peep my more recent thread?

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

I'm not sure which one of your threads this response is more relevant to, but you can't sex a "true spider" by molt. Not necessarily because the spermathecae isn't in the molt, but because the shed exuvia would be too small and delicate in most to examine.

Too sex "true spiders" as female and to determine if they are mature, you will need to look at the epigynum of a live spider. This can be tricky to do and will need magnification, so here are a couple of methods to use: the spi-pot and anesthetizing with CO2.

 

[Edan bandoot]

I'm not sure which one of your threads this response is more relevant to, but you can't sex a "true spider" by molt. Not necessarily because the spermathecae isn't in the molt, but because the shed exuvia would be too small and delicate in most to examine.

Too sex "true spiders" as female and to determine if they are mature, you will need to look at the epigynum of a live spider. This can be tricky to do and will need magnification, so here are a couple of methods to use: the spi-pot and anesthetizing with CO2.

ill post something in the sexing section for you to look at, I think i've located the epigynum, but i'm not sure if it's sclerotized. I talked with the breeder and she said that at the size mine is (just almost 4") that it may have one more molt.