Male or female?

[Draiman]

I'm leaning towards female because of that very conspicuous white "slit" between the first pair of booklungs. What do you think?

 

[Thompson08]

Maybe needs another molt or two?

 

[DansDragons]

yeah, i'd wait for another molt or two before trying to sex it.

 

[Draiman]

Alright, judging from the pic alone, what do you think?

 

[Widowman10]

what species. :? sometimes that helps.

but, if i had to guess, i'd guess female. but that is by no means for sure. at all. a little over half. i wouldn't put a penny on it either way. wait, or try for a molt. also, what size?

 

[Draiman]

what species. :? sometimes that helps.

but, if i had to guess, i'd guess female. but that is by no means for sure. at all. a little over half. i wouldn't put a penny on it either way. wait, or try for a molt. also, what size?

It's a 0.7" Heteroscodra maculata. What's making you guess it's female?

 

[Draiman]

Can't someone answer my question?

It's a 0.7" Heteroscodra maculata. What's making you guess it's female?

 

[Paramite]

I'm guessing female too... Unless it's a shemale.

Too small though, so it's only guessing.

Gavin: It's difficult to explain what makes us think it's a female. Mainly because males don't have that certain organ which seems to be present.

 

[Draiman]

I'm guessing female too... Unless it's a shemale.

Too small though, so it's only guessing.

Gavin: It's difficult to explain what makes us think it's a female. Mainly because males don't have that certain organ which seems to be present.

Exactly, which is what I said in the original post. In what way is it "too small"? Since you say that this particular female organ clearly appears to be present, why is it only a "guess"?

Genuine questions, not trying to be arsey.

 

[Paramite]

Well, I'm pretty sure it's a female, but because it's only a sling, I don't want to make any quarantees. That's why I said "guess".

 

[Draiman]

Well, I'm pretty sure it's a female, but because it's only a sling, I don't want to make any quarantees. That's why I said "guess".

Ah, great. Thanks! I can't wait for this little spider to turn into a beautiful 6" adult female.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

It's still wayyyy to small but I'd say male.

 

[Thompson08]

You're only going to get guesses until it reaches about 2" If you want to know soon I'd wait for a molt and sex it with a microscope.

 

[Widowman10]

right. with EF sexing, you should wait til the spider gets a little bigger to get halfway decent guesses. with Sperma sexing, it can be done at any size.

 

[Draiman]

It's still wayyyy to small but I'd say male.

What makes you think male? Please do tell me.

 

[BCscorp]

its too small

 

[Draiman]

its too small

Too small? So you guys think the female organ which is clearly present on the spider, as said by Paramite (I share his sentiment), could suddenly transform into the male organ, like a hermaphrodite?

 

[Sterlingspider]

Too small? So you guys think the female organ which is clearly present on the spider, as said by Paramite (I share his sentiment), could suddenly transform into the male organ, like a hermaphrodite?

Sexing via the presence of the furrow alone is fairly iffy as males still do have sort of a wrinkle there, it just doesn't extend inwards.

It is very difficult to confirm a female externally as the furrow can be tricky and the absence of epiandrous fusillae isn't really very definitive.

 

[Draiman]

Sexing via the presence of the furrow alone is fairly iffy as males still do have sort of a wrinkle there, it just doesn't extend inwards.

It is very difficult to confirm a female externally as the furrow can be tricky and the absence of epiandrous fusillae isn't really very definitive.

Well explained. Thanks. So I'll just have to wait.

 

[Protectyaaaneck]

Yep, that's what everyone has been saying all along.