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dalitan
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 68
Age : 45
Registration date : 2009-05-20
| | Subject: H. maculata...sexing please 9/3/2009, 4:22 am | |
| hi...now that i've got a picture of my Hmac, i want your help guys to determine the gender of it.... i read it as female...but of course i want your opinion.....just to be sure... what do u think?  thank you so much... heres the picture...   | |
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Mr. Mordax
Administrator
Number of posts : 7743
Age : 38
Location : PNW
Registration date : 2008-02-06
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/3/2009, 10:33 am | |
| I know very little about external sexing, but from what I do know, I'd guess female. I'm much better when looking at an exuvium.  | |
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LadyRiotControl
Leiurus
Number of posts : 2631
Age : 45
Location : West Yorkshire, England
Registration date : 2008-07-12
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/3/2009, 11:13 am | |
| going on the wide gap between the 1st pair of book lungs I'd also put my money on female
but as mike said exuvium picture would be better
I love this species, I have a female here XD | |
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Michael Andersen
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 86
Age : 43
Location : Denmark
Registration date : 2009-09-07
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/8/2009, 2:21 am | |
| Looks like a female on the grey and dark color variation between cephalothorax and carapace. | |
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scorpion111
Post-whore
Number of posts : 3455
Age : 29
Location : scotland
Registration date : 2008-04-07
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/8/2009, 12:01 pm | |
| My bet is on female as well. as lise said, quite a large gap between the booklungs. | |
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Michael Andersen
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 86
Age : 43
Location : Denmark
Registration date : 2009-09-07
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/8/2009, 3:54 pm | |
| - scorpion111 wrote:
- My bet is on female as well. as lise said, quite a large gap between the booklungs.
Yes! It looks like an epigynum...A sharper picture would be appreciated! But i'm basing this on only 1year of experience with sexing tarantulas, it's quit difficult ....  | |
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dalitan
Hadogenes
Number of posts : 68
Age : 45
Registration date : 2009-05-20
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/11/2009, 9:57 am | |
| thank you so much for the opinions.... | |
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corpselight
Babycurus
Number of posts : 251
Age : 46
Registration date : 2008-08-08
| | Subject: Re: H. maculata...sexing please 9/14/2009, 12:14 pm | |
| this species is very dimorphic from what i understand. i believe only the females take on that white colouration, the males remain greenish. could be wrong, but that's what i am told, so regardless of any ventral sexing guesses (which i think is a gamble anyway), i'd say female... | |
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