My A. Seemanni is a male

[Buspirone]

I finally got a good look at the underside of the little guy. I'm pretty sure he's an immature male. I guess I'll have to find him and older woman for when the day comes that he's ready for her.

 

[Godzilla2000]

Have you checked the molts for the tell tale sign of its gender?

 

[Buspirone]

No I use this method of identification:

http://www.birdspiders.com/faq_sex.html


I been about 90%+ with the pics that people post of the undersides...my A. Seemani has extremely noticable epiandrous fusillae above the epigastric furrow. I'm very confident that its a male. He hasn't molted yet while in my care.

 

[Godzilla2000]

How about the Pedipalps? Are they kind or bulky at the tips kind of like inverted Bolling Pins? I bet you can always trade a male for a female somewhere.

 

[Buspirone]

Originally posted by Godzilla2000
How about the Pedipalps? Are they kind or bulky at the tips kind of like inverted Bolling Pins? I bet you can always trade a male for a female somewhere.

He's not mature so the pedipalps don't have boxing gloves yet. I'll keep him....it will give me an excuse to get another one. He only has about a 2" legspan I would rather have females over males since they live longer. I'm sure I'll be able to get a female easily down the road.

 

[Godzilla2000]

I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping most of my collection are all females although I'm not sure about my Skeleton. Mephisto just might be a He but he's not giving me any good looks at his pedipalps or underside.