Tope'sArachnids
Pandinus
Number of posts : 5
Age : 30
Registration date : 2013-06-09
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
Number of posts : 1106
Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Sexing P.transvaalicus 6/9/2013, 10:37 pm | |
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at what instar are they? they do look female to me but the knob like parts of the pectine seems to be missing
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Tope'sArachnids
Pandinus
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Age : 30
Registration date : 2013-06-09
| | Subject: Re: Sexing P.transvaalicus 6/10/2013, 12:32 am | |
| @Nheil they are both on 5th instar.
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Tongue Flicker
Parabuthus
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Age : 37
Location : Madina't Isa, Bahrain
Registration date : 2012-11-01
| | Subject: Re: Sexing P.transvaalicus 6/10/2013, 12:40 am | |
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guess the pectine count is the most sure way. you can wait til next molt to see obvious sexual dimorphisms
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shebeen
Tityus
Number of posts : 507
Age : 64
Location : Mountain View, Calif.
Registration date : 2011-05-15
| | Subject: Re: Sexing P.transvaalicus 6/10/2013, 9:02 am | |
| They both appear to be male based on the absence of the basal middle lamella found in females. | |
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Tope'sArachnids
Pandinus
Number of posts : 5
Age : 30
Registration date : 2013-06-09
| | Subject: Re: Sexing P.transvaalicus 6/12/2013, 8:37 am | |
| and Both are confirmed males.. thanks bros!  | |
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Envyizm
Breeder
Number of posts : 238
Age : 39
Location : Columbus Ohio
Registration date : 2010-05-24
| | Subject: Re: Sexing P.transvaalicus 6/12/2013, 11:02 pm | |
| - shebeen wrote:
- They both appear to be male based on the absence of the basal middle lamella found in females.
+1 This feature makes this genus one of the most easy to sex. It literally doesn't get any easier. | |
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