He or She??? (for newbies)

[Jones0911]

For those interested this is how you tell the difference between a male & female tarantula using the molt.

( some people can tell the gender of some tarantulas by ventral sexing, this means they can tell the gender by just looking on the under side of a tarantula..... I can't yet lol)

Go down to the lower half of the old body and look between the UPPER book lungs (the book lungs will be the two sets of white things on both sides of the gender marker)...

The females will have a flap and the males won't, if you know someone with a microscope you can find out the genders when the Ts are at smaller sizes.

It's good to know the gender of your tarantulas so you can figure out if you want to breed them or not also to figure out if you'll have a long lived female or a male with a much shorter life span.

Also when it comes to selling tarantulas most females cost more than males especially when it comes to the harder to breed tarantulas.

Another reason to know when you have a male tarantula is because they usually don't live as long as the females do so if you're going to breed the males they need to be bred with as many females as possible of the same species.

 

[Abbio]

I've been waiting for my GBB sling to molt to try this out but i managed to get this pic last night? i'm thinking female?
could i be correct?

 

[Jones0911]

If I had to guess I'd say male because the lower booklungs are further apart and it looks more like a pouch than anything with a flap.....let's see what the others say.

 

[Ungoliant]

I've been waiting for my GBB sling to molt to try this out but i managed to get this pic last night? i'm thinking female?

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens isn't easy to sex ventrally.

For comparison, here is my juvenile male:

2.25" Male Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens [ventral sexing]

• Ungoliant
• Mar 19, 2017
• 3
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens gbb greenbottle blue tarantula juvenile juvenile male male muffet sexing ventral

Muffet, my 2.25" male Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens

He was confirmed male by his next molt:

2.25" Male Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens [molt sexing]

• Ungoliant
• Apr 10, 2017
• 1
• chromatopelma chromatopelma cyaneopubescens cyaneopubescens exuviae gbb greenbottle blue tarantula juvenile juvenile male male molt muffet sexing

I don't see the flap that is apparent in so many of the female exuviae, so I think this one is...

 

[Abbio]

Hi i finally got my molt ! not sure what i'm looking at! i think i can see a flap but i'm really not sure can anyone help or is it still too small?
thanks!

 

[MGery92]

Well, I think it's a lady... but wait for the more experienced members to chime in.

Edit: it is enough to post your pictures in one thread, don't spam the forum, please.

 

[miss moxie]

Yes, please keep it to one thread. And yes, girl.

 

[Abbio]

Yes, please keep it to one thread. And yes, girl.

OK i just wasn't sure as these are all old threads i ended up waiting a while for the molt. I'm still new to the forums and learning! and i just want to make sure i heard something.

 

[miss moxie]

OK i just wasn't sure as these are all old threads i ended up waiting a while for the molt. I'm still new to the forums and learning! and i just want to make sure i heard something.

It's fine, we're not yelling at you. Since you -are- new we just wanted to let you know. When you post, even if it is an old thread, it will bump back up to the top and people will be able to see it.

 

[Earmstrong]

GBB sling (maybe 1.5" dls) under 4x scope. Of course I want it to be female, but figured I'd post to get a little help. I've never sexed one this small!