If that's correct then yeah. As long as they are "of age" which they look to be, then that is a mostly reliable way to tell. Although, take my advice with a grain of salt as I'm only considering getting these and have never owned them. Just researched them a lot
"Male on the left, female on the right. There's nothing to say, I think all is clear."
Lorelei.
I used this picture to identify from the bottom and matched them exactly. Im just curious if that is a reliable way of sexing in the first place. Also i forgot to mention the supposed female has what looks to be small eggs underneath her. The problem is that she has never mated that i am aware of and she also has molted since i have had her.
Thank you,
Ryan
I totally respect anyones opinion that has researched them enough so thank you for your time. Im hoping to have a family of them soon in a vivarium.If that's correct then yeah. As long as they are "of age" which they look to be, then that is a mostly reliable way to tell. Although, take my advice with a grain of salt as I'm only considering getting these and have never owned them. Just researched them a lot
That sounds really awesome. Thinking of communal as well.I totally respect anyones opinion that has researched them enough so thank you for your time. Im hoping to have a family of them soon in a vivarium.
Ryan
Ah, thank you, I see what I did. I looked at the photos of the males and females above, and then reversed them in my mind. Silly me. Thanks for catching that...it certainly does look like the male.That molt is of a male. You will see differences on the underside before the pedipalps are noticeably different between sexes. Mine began showing differences on the underside well before there was any apparent difference in pedipalp size. My juveniles are now getting large enough that the males have just ever slightly longer pedipalps and thinner abdomens than the females, but looking at them side by side still makes it difficult to be sure without flipping them over and looking underneath.
I have placed a yellow circle around the area in question. Below, from earlier in the thread, is a picture of a male and female, highlighting the differences.What exactly are the differences that everyone seems to be looking for? Is it the cephalothorax-abdomen connection?
"Male on the left, female on the right. There's nothing to say, I think all is clear."
Lorelei.
I'm glad it helped!Thanks very much! This applies to all species of whipspider, right?
Sorry about that, not sure what happened. I have finished sexing mine I think...two males and a female. I've attached a pic of what I think is the female.That thread isn't working...do you mean this one?
http://arachnoboards.com/threads/sexing-amblypygids.165902/
My suspected female molted again last night. here's a shot of the exo...hopefully a clearer one. Female?I agree this can be a female. It is a bit hard to be 100% sure from this photo.
By the way, if that was a Paraphrynus specimen, it would be a male. Females have much more sculpted genital operculum. That's why it is not easy to sex these arachnids!