male or female?(2 spiders)

[codykrr]

ok, so i have been very acurate at ventral sexing..so far ive only been wrong on one, but i still like checking with you all.

the first one is a P. regalis

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this next one is a P. irminia

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so let me know what you all think, and thank you.

 

[Redneck]

Just a guess lets see how I do first picture male second picture female.. Again just a guess..

 

[Steve Calceatum]

My guess is that your P. regalis is male.....not totally sure, though.

I'm about 90% certain that your P. irminia male.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

Both are female.

 

[codykrr]

ok...soo ive had difficulty with the p. irminia before (and was and is the only one i cannot get right) so far it has eaten ever molt it has shed...which irritates me to no end.

the p. regalis though appears female to me..as 1. the dorsal marking on the abdomen is faded quite a bit, along with no noticable "nitch" in the furrow. now im by far an expert pokie sexer, but to me that screams female.

i will go and get a better picture of the irminia in a second. this thing is freaking mean! and faster that snot. so give me a few min. to get another as this will be fun!

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

regalis looks like a male,

the Irminia looks female.

 

[codykrr]

ok so here is a few more pics...

ok this is just the dorsal marking on the regalis

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and here is a better shot of the irminia

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[Noexcuse4you]

Still goin' with female on both of those. Also, at that size the folio pattern doesn't matter.

 

[codykrr]

now personally both are screaming female..i see no "nitch" in ther furrow in either spider...

now i recently made a thread called "in denial....bad.." and it featured a male ornata..the ep. fussila(spelling) was extremely noticable in that spider...which i see no resemblance with the regalis which has me leaning female instead of male. also on the male the dorsal pattern is exremely defined and not faded as appears with my regalis.

 

[codykrr]

hmmm...do you all see that!? on the last pic of the irminia if you look on either side of the ptch of hair it seems like two little circles...what the heck are those?! never seen that before:?

 

[Satellite Rob]

Regalis is a female and the Irminia is a boy.Irminia are a tuff T to sex without
a molt.I would need to see a molt to be sure.

 

[codykrr]

yeah i know! but it keeps eating or demolishing the molts...ive tried to get to he molt before she did and couldnt because she was standing on it.

but i do want to ask rob, what makes you think its a male? im very curious as to what you see, because this seems to be the one spider in my collection i cannot seem to sex!

 

[xhexdx]

Regalis = male
Irminia = female

 

[codykrr]

haha..this is a great guessingthread huh...

ok joe so can you tell me what you see in either that indicates what you have chosen?...im just purely curious and not saying your wrong nor right..just want to know what caused you to say that.

 

[Noexcuse4you]

As a comparison, here is a male regalis. I am 100% positive that you have a female.

 

[codykrr]

thank you kyle!

what about an irminia, anyone have a pic of a male in hat species?

 

[jayefbe]

Regalis = male
Irminia = female

This was my initial reaction too, although most Poecilotheria are much easier to sex. I'm guessing the difficulty is due to his small size.

 

[jayefbe]

I can't get a pic, but I have a male irminia that's about 1.5-2". There is a pretty obvious dot on him.

 

[codykrr]

hahaha...ok so know you all have me wondering what is right....any other takers?

 

[AudreyElizabeth]

Regalis looks female to me, and I'm not sure about the irminia.