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Statistically, probably with the beetles. 🪲 (mander.xyz)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 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?

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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