When can you sex P Audax?

[DeeinBetween]

I'm brand new to the hobby after saving two little guys from my nephew's kiddie pool. I'm sure they're P Audax. They're only about .5cm long right now, eating fruit flies and eating well. I've been doing research and I think I'd like to foray into breeding but I haven't really been able to find any sort of growth chart that could tell me what instar they're at or when I would be able to tell their sexes. The only potential indication I have right now is that one eats more than the other.

When will I be able to tell what sexes I have and at what size is it safe to attempt to breed them?

Mr. Skinny Legs


Gordita

 

[Spoodfood]

When a male is mature, he will have bulbous pedipalps. This species is sexually dimorphic, and they are sexually mature when they display exclusivity male or female characteristics. Before maturity they will all look the same. This is the same across the board for most spiders. (Not all, but most)

I believe these guys have more subtle dimorphism. You also can’t tell instar by looking at them. Breeding won’t be profitable if that’s your intention, but it could be fun to do it and turn them back loose locally if you found them locally. Otherwise, packing and shipping is going to cost you more than you’ll make breeding them. I’ve seen vendors sell these guys for 10-20 a sling, and they don’t pay near that much to wholesale a sac.

if you intend to breed other spiders, I’d wait until you have some experience in the hobby. Peoples first choice to buy spiderlings from isn’t going to be someone who doesn’t know about the spiders they keep. Nothing against you, just the way it is.

 

[DeeinBetween]

When a male is mature, he will have bulbous pedipalps. This species is sexually dimorphic, and they are sexually mature when they display exclusivity male or female characteristics. Before maturity they will all look the same. This is the same across the board for most spiders. (Not all, but most)

I believe these guys have more subtle dimorphism. You also can’t tell instar by looking at them. Breeding won’t be profitable if that’s your intention, but it could be fun to do it and turn them back loose locally if you found them locally. Otherwise, packing and shipping is going to cost you more than you’ll make breeding them. I’ve seen vendors sell these guys for 10-20 a sling, and they don’t pay near that much to wholesale a sac.

if you intend to breed other spiders, I’d wait until you have some experience in the hobby. Peoples first choice to buy spiderlings from isn’t going to be someone who doesn’t know about the spiders they keep. Nothing against you, just the way it is.

I know how to tell them apart once those features emerge. I just didn't know when that happens or what stage these little ones are at. I've done a lot of research on jumping spiders in particular but there's not a lot of detailed information on breeding available at the moment which is why I came here. To learn from people who do just that.

 

[CRX]

Yeah OP, I totally support what you're trying to do. But I agree with the other guy, sure get advice from here, absolutely, but the best and most ethical thing to do as a beginner would be to raise the slings up a bit and then release them into a nice local habitat. This is something I've wanted to do and plan to do in the future with P. audax.