What do you think?

[petlover02]

What do you think about this Brachypelma boehmei? is it a male or a female? I just make a gamble to buy this cute fella because I'm dying to get a brachypelma but I'm really hoping that it's a female:8o:8o. The owner told me that the last molt he saw a slit or something between the book lungs. Do female tarantula can be "leggier" too or only males does have that appearance? And I notice so far that most of the pedipalps of male T's tend to bend a little bit and my B. Boehmei's pedipalps is kinda bend, is it true or its just my imagination? Also I notice that most of males their legs tend to be thinner than females but mine is kinda bulkier than a usual male, awww hope that it's a female :worship::worship: Anyone here that lives in Calgary, AB Canada that used to sell Brachypelma species? I'm willing to buy it, juvenile to sub-adult

The owner told that she's around 5-6 yrs old

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[Hobo]

None of those things can determine whether it's female or not.
Immature males and females will look virtually the same, except slight differences in the ventral area, and the molts.

Of course, mature males will have bulbs on the end of it's pedipalps, appear leggier, and depending on the species, may have tibial spurs.

If you can get a clear shot of the ventral area of the abdomen, we can guess it's sex (though if it's that old, It might have a good chance at being female).

 

[Spidershane1]

If it's a 5-6 year old captive T, then it would almost definetly be mature by now.
In that case, what you have here is a female.

I has happened where some brachys take that long to mature, but typically they mature in half that time or less.

If you trust his word on the age, then it would be safe to assume that she is most likely a girl. Congrats.

 

[Aschamne]

Some species can take a lot longer than 5 to 6 years to mature, especially NW terrestrials. I have a MM Euathlus sp. "red" that had 3 years between its penultimate molt and its maturing molt, and I'm sure that he took more than 3 years to make it from sling to the penultimate molt. My guess is my Euathlus sp. "red" is probably between 10 to 15 years old.

To the original poster, if you can get a clear picture of the underside of the abdomen I'm sure we could give you a good guess on the sex of your tarantula.

Art

 

[petlover02]

None of those things can determine whether it's female or not.
Immature males and females will look virtually the same, except slight differences in the ventral area, and the molts.

Of course, mature males will have bulbs on the end of it's pedipalps, appear leggier, and depending on the species, may have tibial spurs.

If you can get a clear shot of the ventral area of the abdomen, we can guess it's sex (though if it's that old, It might have a good chance at being female).

this is the best ventral shot i get because she's a tremendous hair kicker and a psycho will attack anything. And my nose is very itchy because of those hairs. Ya i think that she's around 5-6 yrs of age because of its shear size than a usual brachy sub-adult

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If it's a 5-6 year old captive T, then it would almost definetly be mature by now.
In that case, what you have here is a female.

I has happened where some brachys take that long to mature, but typically they mature in half that time or less.

If you trust his word on the age, then it would be safe to assume that she is most likely a girl. Congrats.

Ya I found that on my research about brachys too that they tend to grow really slow which I prefer as a keeper

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Some species can take a lot longer than 5 to 6 years to mature, especially NW terrestrials. I have a MM Euathlus sp. "red" that had 3 years between its penultimate molt and its maturing molt, and I'm sure that he took more than 3 years to make it from sling to the penultimate molt. My guess is my Euathlus sp. "red" is probably between 10 to 15 years old.

To the original poster, if you can get a clear picture of the underside of the abdomen I'm sure we could give you a good guess on the sex of your tarantula.

Art

LOL thats the best shot i could get because she's a psycho and superb hair kicker even a slight tap on the cage she will kick hairs and my nose is very itchy but still i love this spider next to my aphonopelma chalcodes

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If I'm right the one that I've circled is the one that we usually look to determine the sex right? and It looks like a smiley face w/o the circle also the last pair of book lungs tend to be further from each other than a typical closer book lungs from a male

 

[LucN]

Looks like my 3" female ventrally, but the way to know 100% is checking the next molt for spermathacae. But given it's size, it's probably a safe bet that it's a female, otherwise if it were a male it would likely have the tibial hooks and bulbous pedipalps by the time it reached 5-6". Could be a penultimate male for all we know, but ventrally looks female from the angle of the shot.

Great species to own, but I'm of course biased since it's all I have now

 

[bioshock]

Was going to say male because of the long legs and abdomen but what do i know??

 

[petlover02]

Looks like my 3" female ventrally, but the way to know 100% is checking the next molt for spermathacae. But given it's size, it's probably a safe bet that it's a female, otherwise if it were a male it would likely have the tibial hooks and bulbous pedipalps by the time it reached 5-6". Could be a penultimate male for all we know, but ventrally looks female from the angle of the shot.

Great species to own, but I'm of course biased since it's all I have now

Ya for the next molt but it would take so long oh well I hope she's a female that's my target for all of my 10 T's as a Keeper :worship::worship::worship:

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Was going to say male because of the long legs and abdomen but what do i know??

oh my?!?!?!

 

[synyster]

I'm just wondering how come the original owner could miss the spermathecae in the exuvium on a T of that size (assuming it is a female...)

 

[petlover02]

I'm just wondering how come the original owner could miss the spermathecae in the exuvium on a T of that size (assuming it is a female...)

the owner told me that the last molt he saw a vent or something between the book lungs. But I just want to be sure and additional knowledge for me

 

[synyster]

the owner told me that the last molt he saw a vent or something between the book lungs. But I just want to be sure and additional knowledge for me

I completely understand

I was just pointing out though that at that size, the spermathecae is obvious! So unless the original owner was not too knowledgeable about T's, which in this case I would understand, it should have been practically impossible to miss...

I'm hoping (and it does like like it) that you have a female. Considering the original owner is honest about the age, it is very likely to be a "she"

 

[petlover02]

I completely understand

I was just pointing out though that at that size, the spermathecae is obvious! So unless the original owner was not too knowledgeable about T's, which in this case I would understand, it should have been practically impossible to miss...

I'm hoping (and it does like like it) that you have a female. Considering the original owner is honest about the age, it is very likely to be a "she"

Awwww that's a wonderful news to me!!! thank you for the encouraging words! :worship::worship: