IME only P. ornata.
I still think it is relatively accurate. Use it on mine all the time, combined with carapace markings. It is definately easier when you have a few spiders and can compare juvies or sub adults to each other.That's a girl. Didn't even need the vent.
You guys need to get off the whole folio sexing on juvie to sub adult Poecilotheria.
The problem with the dark folio stripe is it seems some on here lately will see a dark folio pattern and automatically assume it's male when in fact it's a juvenile female Poecilotheria and the folio hasn't begun to lighten up yet. That's all I was pointing out.
Looks very male to me, but I'm no expert
Guaranteed female. 100%
Lighter folio and the carapace colouration.
Lighter folio and the carapace colouration.
Raised a good few of these over the years, so pick up the tell tale signs over time.
When they are still small it is harder to see, but as they grow, the differences become more pronounced.
+1. Coming into this late in the game, but I totally agree with Chad. You can easily get all tangled up in sexing by folio, or even carapace colors, as this thread has proven (I read through the whole thing, OMG). I vent sex all my Poecs and can do almost all of them starting at about 1 1/2" (I might be able to do it smaller if my eyes were better). Much more reliable across the board. I just think it makes more sense to look at sex organs rather than secondary sexual characteristics. Of course this post was started years ago and maybe most people are up to speed now on vent sexing.
Beautiful!
