Mature Male?

[NoStoneUnturned Herps]

I got this A. seemanni a few days back and I'm pretty sure it isn't a mature male(yet) (It's legs don't have bulbs on the end), but can someone with more experience please verify.

 

[Moakmeister]

It's not the legs you need to look at, it's the pedipalps, which aren't really in the pictures. Try and get a shot of those.

 

[14pokies]

I can't tell anything from those pictures. Use a straw to nudge it onto the glass then take a pic of the front legs.

 

[EulersK]

You really can't miss the bulbous pedipalps, they're more than obvious. If you have to ask if it's a mature male... then it's not. That is, if you've seen more than a couple tarantulas that aren't MM's.

The pedipalps get thicker, shorter, and almost look diseased. The first time I ever had a MM, I legitimately thought that something was severely wrong with him. See the red area that almost looks like an injury? Those are it.

MM A. geniculata

• EulersK
• Feb 27, 2017
• 5

"Look at my bulbs! Look at them!"