Genus Poecilotheria

david goldsboro

david goldsboro

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I've been stung a few times with this sp the last 5 i bought last October turned out to be hybrids , good luck with it being a female we need more of these in the hobby
 
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Hedrus

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ornatas "unsexed"

I just got 4 ornatas that were supposed to be 1" and unsexed. What I got are all about 3-4" long diagonally from Front leg to rear leg. I was kind of excited at first that they were all so big but then the skepticism kicked in. I am not sure but from the pics I've been looking at I think I got all males... Here are pics of all 4. What do you guys think? If these indeed are all male I am going to be VERY upset and will be posting some very negative feedback. But before that happens I need feedback. If these all do appear to be male could this have happened by chance? The guy that sold them to me supposedly knows quite a bit about tarantulas. I know enough to know this about tarantulas and I don't consider myself that knowledgeable...

Kenzie

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Becky

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Not necessarily all male. My ornata, last moult and now, is showing a greeny "male" colour all over, except for a tinge of purple on her abdomen. However... she has been sexed as female by an experience spider keeper... so...i'd wait a few more moults and see...
 
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Hedrus

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Wow that pic of the female ornata gives me big hope that I still have a good chance of getting at least 1 female out of the 4 I have. Thanks for posting that pic Becky.


Kenzie
 
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Alice

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don't worry too much - ornatas can take their sweet time to get adult coloration. all juvies are a muddy, greenish color and it is more difficult to distinguish males from females than with, let's say regalis. one indicator for a female are a very clear markings on the abdomen. males got slightly more blurred lines there. also, wait for a molt and see if the central marking on the abdomen pales. this line gets ever lighter on females but remains very dark on the males.
 
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thunderthief

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I recently got rid of all my Pokie slings as I think their reputation got to me a little. Then I went to the BTS show in the Uk last weekend and came home with this litle girl





She an adult female P. regalis and an absolute stunner.
 
P. Novak

P. Novak

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What a gorgeous spider Doezsha! I really need to get me one. Were you not able to sex it with the molt?
 
Doezsha

Doezsha

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Novak said:
What a gorgeous spider Doezsha! I really need to get me one. Were you not able to sex it with the molt?
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it molted in its burrow and by time I got to it, the abdomen portion of the molt was no more :(
 
Maikardaaion

Maikardaaion

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Gorgeus Tigrina!

The ornata looks male to me :) The coloration is rather typical for a male.
 
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Hedrus

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Could you explain how you were able to make a guess at the sex of my 4 ornatas? They all look the same to me. I have read t his thread so I would appreciate a quote or just a description... I want to be able to see what you are seeing. How confident are you in your predictions? Thanks,


Kenzie
 
TarantulaLV

TarantulaLV

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Hedrus said:
Could you explain how you were able to make a guess at the sex of my 4 ornatas? They all look the same to me. I have read t his thread so I would appreciate a quote or just a description... I want to be able to see what you are seeing. How confident are you in your predictions? Thanks,


Kenzie
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If I may, the assumption was made based on the post on the first page of this thread re: sexing by the folio's of pokies--May it be known-- there are serious limitations but this method can often work reliably as well to the trained eye or a breeder with a population for comparison. They may yet be too small to tell though. Good Luck!
 
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Hedrus

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I realize that but after reading the same thing I couldn't seem to see any difference so I wanted to know exactly what was being looked at in each picture. I don't have a huge population of them to look at together and have not been breeding them for years so I definitely don't have the correct ammount of experience to do this right. But, I want to learn so that is why I asked. After reading the begining of this thread I still was clueless as to how one could look at the 4 pictures of ornatas I posted and see a difference between them.


Kenzie
 
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