Is this POECILOTHERIA ORNATA male or female??

[TarantulaLV]

Male or Female?

 

[Talkenlate04]

GIRLY GIRL!!! 100%

 

[Parahybana3590]

Very gorgeous rufie, I say female, due to the fact that females get that greenish hue.

 

[Talkenlate04]

Very gorgeous rufie, I say female, due to the fact that females get that greenish hue.

That is an Ornata. Not a Rufilata.

 

[P. Novak]

Hm, I don't know about that one. It could be the lighting or something, but I'm not sure. I would really wait for a molt, but until then I'll lean towards female.

 

[TarantulaLV]

This is a great thread!!!!

 

[Noexcuse4you]

You were all wrong. 1 Molt Later, male...

 

[Lorgakor]

How big is that moult? Pokie spermathecae is all but invisible until they are adult almost. Can you post a picture of the spider now?

 

[Noexcuse4you]

About this big.

About this big.

 

[Lorgakor]

Heck it could still be female. The spermathecae at that size would not be visible to the naked eye. At least not my eye. My P. miranda was 5" before I could see hers with the naked eye.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Cool, so there's still hope! He just molted today 01NOV07, his last molt was 26SEP07. Not very much time between molts for a juvi, if you ask me. Then again this is my first pokie. I'll post a pic of him when he hardens. He was still flopping around when I went to get his exuvium.

 

[Talkenlate04]

Get a picture of him/her now..... at the size it is now the carapace should be a dead give away of sex.

And if it does end up confirmed male I was not wrong.

That looks really small but I will take a stab and stay it's a boy.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Hehe sorry, I must've missed your post! Here's a pic of him molting. Its kinda bad since its through the deli cup. But you can see the before and after carapace. I'll take a better pic once he hardens.

Its hard to tell. The carapace looks kind of female, but the pattern on the abdomen is still clearly dark.

 

[Talkenlate04]

Nice picture! Ill just wait for the hardened up picture, it will be easier to tell then.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Either way, he's still one of my most beatiful T's.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Here's a better pic. I'm still going with male...

 

[Talkenlate04]

Don't really think so.

Maybe, but that does not look like any immature male I have ever seen. Here are two immature confirmed males. Note the color on the carapace. Yours right now does not look anything like these guys.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Your's look a lot bigger than mine. Mine's maybe 3.5" at the most. How big are those? I didn't think they'd go through a color change so soon. There is one post in this thread of an ornata that everyone thought was female. Then one molt later everyone thought it was male. I guess we'll really have to see when it gets bigger.

 

[Talkenlate04]

They both are a bigger then 3.5" but they have been looking like that for the last 2 molts.

 

[TarantulaLV]

They both are a bigger then 3.5" but they have been looking like that for the last 2 molts.

I agree female for his is still a strong possibility.