Sexual dimorphism

[kingpin1189]

Does anyone know of any kind of list of tarantulas that are sexually dimorphic as adults? Thanks in advance

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

All spiders, and thus all tarantulas, are sexually dimorphic.

 

[kingpin1189]

Ah. I think I might be using incorrect terminology. Or not specific enough. I was trying to ask about specific color differences in tarantulas. I.e. significant color variations in some species but not in others. So if I really want a certain color to be prominent in a tarantula that I own, is there any compiled list of both male and female showing the same color pattern throughout their lives. When I first got into the hobby and bought an O. violaceopes sling thinking it would be that brilliant expected color, I was pretty disappointed to realize that was only to be found in males lol.

 

[viper69]

Ah. I think I might be using incorrect terminology. Or not specific enough. I was trying to ask about specific color differences in tarantulas. I.e. significant color variations in some species but not in others. So if I really want a certain color to be prominent in a tarantula that I own, is there any compiled list of both male and female showing the same color pattern throughout their lives. When I first got into the hobby and bought an O. violaceopes sling thinking it would be that brilliant expected color, I was pretty disappointed to realize that was only to be found in males lol.

Purple is only found in the females - I’ve raised males of that species- not pretty.

There’s not a list.

Quite a few species are sexually dimorphic with regard to color.

 

[cold blood]

O. violaceopes sling thinking it would be that brilliant expected color, I was pretty disappointed to realize that was only to be found in males lol.

Both males and females are purple, males just less so...and when males mature they lose all that color and end up a greenish. O. schioedtei males are exactly the same

 

[kingpin1189]

Gotcha. Thanks for the feedback. I know there are quite a few lists of things floating around i.e. dwarf species and such, so I was just hoping to luck into this kind of list.

 

[TheHound]

Both males and females are purple, males just less so...and when males mature they lose all that color and end up a greenish. O. schioedtei males are exactly the same

Interesting how with genuses like Xenesthis it is the opposite (minus the losing colour). I wonder what the evolutionary drivers were in both cases.

 

[ButterMan]

Ah. I think I might be using incorrect terminology. Or not specific enough. I was trying to ask about specific color differences in tarantulas. I.e. significant color variations in some species but not in others. So if I really want a certain color to be prominent in a tarantula that I own, is there any compiled list of both male and female showing the same color pattern throughout their lives. When I first got into the hobby and bought an O. violaceopes sling thinking it would be that brilliant expected color, I was pretty disappointed to realize that was only to be found in males lol.

Mature males are yellow, females are purple