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hi, my v. spinigerus moulted a month or so ago and has been stuffing itself ever since... i saw it stretched out today, and was wondering if there would be any way to figure out whether it was mature or not, and also how to determine the gender!
similarly, i have a c. gracilis, never really measured it, but is about 3"+ i'm guessing. i'm fairly certain its male due to the relatively long metasomal segments. I was told it was I6 when i got it, but it hasn't moulted or even put on noticable weight in the past 3 months, so i was wondering if perhaps it was mature and how i might determine this! also, am i imagining this, or was there a phenomenon of "small males" in certain centruroides species that mature at I6?
thanks!
- munis
similarly, i have a c. gracilis, never really measured it, but is about 3"+ i'm guessing. i'm fairly certain its male due to the relatively long metasomal segments. I was told it was I6 when i got it, but it hasn't moulted or even put on noticable weight in the past 3 months, so i was wondering if perhaps it was mature and how i might determine this! also, am i imagining this, or was there a phenomenon of "small males" in certain centruroides species that mature at I6?
thanks!
- munis