▲ 344 ▼ Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲 (mander.xyz) submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LumiNocta@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago (3 children) That's a she. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago* (2 children) Woooah where did you get your tarantula sexing powers? (Sexing them is a tad difficult) :P This one is indeed a female. Care to suggest a name for her? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LumiNocta@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) Eloise sounds kinda charming. She's a bit bulkier than a male judging from the photo. Ofc it could also be true for some males but it was a solid guess ngl. She's gorgeous tho. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* Nice name suggestion! As far as I'm aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that? This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T's have turned out to be females so... Maybe I don't have keen eyes ti spot the males. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago* (2 children) Woooah where did you get your tarantula sexing powers? (Sexing them is a tad difficult) :P This one is indeed a female. Care to suggest a name for her? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LumiNocta@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) Eloise sounds kinda charming. She's a bit bulkier than a male judging from the photo. Ofc it could also be true for some males but it was a solid guess ngl. She's gorgeous tho. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* Nice name suggestion! As far as I'm aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that? This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T's have turned out to be females so... Maybe I don't have keen eyes ti spot the males. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LumiNocta@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) Eloise sounds kinda charming. She's a bit bulkier than a male judging from the photo. Ofc it could also be true for some males but it was a solid guess ngl. She's gorgeous tho. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* Nice name suggestion! As far as I'm aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that? This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T's have turned out to be females so... Maybe I don't have keen eyes ti spot the males. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago* Nice name suggestion! As far as I'm aware, males get the lanky look after they reach maturity and molt for the last time, since feeding stops being a priority for them; pedipalps also change and thats an sure sign of a mature male T. I think they are indistinguishable before that? This one was actually pretty skinny when that pic was taken since she had recently molted . So far all of my mature T's have turned out to be females so... Maybe I don't have keen eyes ti spot the males. permalink fedilink source parent
