Sex These Two P. Metallica

[Ultimate Instar]

I bought two P. metallicas from Art Cerda (thank you Art), and they arrived yesterday. O.K., getting two was a tad excessive but one has been sexed as a female, the other is unknown. Unfortunately, due to a mixup, I'm not sure which is which so I took pictures of their ventral sides. They are both 2" (legspan), and very healthy looking. They're quick (big surprise), but not aggressive. They had ample opportunity to bite me during the cage transfer. The picture clarity is a little off because I shot through the plastic. Oh, and I don't care about copyright on the pics.

Sling A

 

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Close up of sling A

 

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Sling B

 

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Close up of sling B

Thanks,
Karen N.

 

[rosehaired1979]

There to young to tell if you ask me I would wait till there next molt or 2 before you can really get a accurate of the sexing.

 

[manville]

hmm it looks like a male to me i am not sure though..you got to ask more ppl

 

[NightCrawler]

Nice choise
Not that im a pro at sexing but I am almost 100% sure that sling B is female.
Im not at all sure but sling A looks a bit male to me.
Please correct me if im wrong

 

[manville]

i meant sling A is maybe male.. not too sure..

 

[metallica]

first= male
second= female

quite sure

 

[nemesis6sic6]

hi

I been doing lots of sexing.

I am sure B is female.

A I am not sure but I'm guessing is male also might just be your pic.

Good luck with them metallicas.

have a nice day

geo

 

[manville]

Re: hi

yeah there is a little bump on its abdomen thats probably why it is a female

 

[Ultimate Instar]

I won't be too upset if one is male. I'd prefer two females of course, but you can't have everything in life. I'll post more pics after one or two molts.

Karen N.

 

[Henry Kane]

Sling B=female

Atrax

 

[Henry Kane]

By the way, you just wait til those babies grow up. The ventral side gets so vivid in color, it gives me chills! Seriously!

Atrax

 

[manville]

hmmm if one is a male you could also mate them hahaha..kindda risky though

 

[dennis]

Alright guys, then where are you looking at?
The differences I have found is the placement of the booklungs, and that little thingie between them...
So can any of you give me a clue as of where to look at?


Dennis

 

[caligulathegod]

How about a glamour shot of those two? Buying 2 of those deserves a bit of showing off.

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by dennie
Alright guys, then where are you looking at?
The differences I have found is the placement of the booklungs, and that little thingie between them...
So can any of you give me a clue as of where to look at?


Dennis

Try looking here: http://www.birdspiders.com/faq_sex.html

 

[Sean]

id also say

a=male
b=female

 

[deifiler]

My view:

A=Male
B=Female

I havn't read through any of the other posts, so my decision isn't biased in anyway. Hopefully my thoguths will match that of everyone else and you're onto a winner!