please help me confirm the sex my p. metallica.. thanks

[toidy]

it's giving me a headache. please help me..
will really appreciate your opinions..

TIA

3rd day post molt pics:

it's about 3.5" LS..

ventral view:

dorsal view:

 

[Spidershane1]

Its definetly 100% without a doubt, a tarantula. You're welcome.

 

[toidy]

Its definetly 100% without a doubt, a tarantula. You're welcome.

wow! really?????? thanks

 

[xhexdx]

This might be helpful:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=196518

 

[toidy]

This might be helpful:

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=196518

thanks for the link. really aprreciate it. actually, bosing is my friend. we both live in the philippines. to tell you the truth, we really have a hard time sexing our p. mets that's why we posted the pics here.

 

[toidy]

honestly need your opinions.. TIA

 

[brachybaum]

Man, P. Metallicas are by far the hardest pokies to sex :wall:. Honestly to me looks male, ventral and dorsal. I have what I think is a female but my camera won't take a good close picture otherwise I would post it.

 

[Rabid538]

I don't know how to dorsal sex, but ventrally I think it looks male.

 

[smallara98]

How big is the thing. Size might help.

 

[toidy]

How big is the thing. Size might help.

about 3.5".. thanks

 

[codykrr]

I am not a pro with pokies. But Id say male as well. Also the dorsal stripe suggests this too.

 

[Hobo]

I dunno, I've read that dorsal sexing for (young) P. metallicas isn't reliable, (source 1, source 2, source 3).

I'm going to go against the grain and say female for this one, as it looks nothing like my male (which is 4", close to the OPs spider's size), and more closely resembles my female with both book lung orientation and furrow shape. I also don't see any obvious epiandrous fusillae in the OPs pic. Here's some pics of my pair to compare:

Male P. metallica (about 4")

Female P. metallica (about 5")

This one was taken by Koh_ before she molted (she was 4.5" at the time), when I asked for a ventral shot. It looks a lot like OPs ventral.

 

[Exoskeleton Invertebrates]

100% Female

Peocilotheria metallica 100% percent female.




Jose Berrios
Exoskeleton Invertebrates:drool:

 

[Bosing]

Well, I'm gonna hijack my friend's thread and include a photo of mine.

Most of the guys who replied in my thread say its male. Guess I'd put it here for comparison.

 

[toidy]

Female P. metallica (about 5")

looks just like my p. met's ventral view when i looked at her this morning. hope she really is a female

 

[Bosing]

good luck toidy!

 

[2bears]

rude behavior

Tridy ask a question about his pokies sex, then somebody gets on here and tells him it a tarantula, we should be trying to help each other for the better
of the hobby...not be rude
2Bears

 

[toidy]

Toidy ask a question about his pokies sex, then somebody gets on here and tells him it a tarantula, we should be trying to help each other for the better
of the hobby...not be rude
2Bears

it's ok man.. some people are just not what you expect them to be. thanks for noticing though.