my new pet

here is my new tarantula is my 1st spider!!!

it is a female?

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Very stylish, blue & yellow leg markings! :D Don't know what gender this is, I've only kept one tarantula before & seen a few in the wild (all natives to desert south-
west), & in those, the gender was really obvious...the males had a very small body, while the previously-captive female I was given had a body that was the size of
a ping-pong ball, an obvious female. (In these photos, there's not much for size reference either.) Why didn't you ask the source about the gender?

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Very stylish, blue & yellow leg markings! :D Don't know what gender this is, I've only kept one tarantula before & seen a few in the wild (all natives to desert south-
west), & in those, the gender was really obvious...the males had a very small body, while the previously-captive female I was given had a body that was the size of
a ping-pong ball, an obvious female. (In these photos, there's not much for size reference either.) Why didn't you ask the source about the gender?

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thanks.. i bought from the seller he was mentioned to be me is a female...

Very bright. I'd guess female, but need to sex with the molt to be 100% sure.

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Very bright. I'd guess female, but need to sex with the molt to be 100% sure.

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Seller got 2.. And he told me this want I bought cfm is female..

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Female is correct, as males grow they do not have that dominant white stripe down the back of the abdomen I have three different Pokies two female and one mature male


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Thanks bro for the update and advice.. U got a nice collection thot.. I Google that said goofy sapphire is a rare and endangered species.. Is it correct?

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Don’t believe everything you hear, Poecilotheria Metallica is the true name(scientific name) their general name is Goody Sapphire. Endangered yes, BUT it doesn’t account for the hobby. So it’s the wild types they are referring to being endangered.


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I’ve been keeping for only two years but I’ve been absorbing everything about this beautiful genus


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