Tarantulas and Spiders

I have a pink toe and planned on getting more. can't quite wrap my mind around how to sex or how the breeding works.

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Originally Posted by granitestate

I have a pink toe and planned on getting more. can't quite wrap my mind around how to sex or how the breeding works.

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Sexing a tarantula is done by examining the molt for the uterus externus and spermethecae. Absense of both equals male. It's the only 100% accurate method.

Breeding is pretty easy. Hardest parts are finding a mature male after your female matures, and keeping the dude from getting munched before, during, or after. Oh and making sure she doesn't eat the egg sac or toss it in the water dish. Some species of tarantulas are better moms than others and can be trusted to keep the eggsac and let the babies hatch in there, other ones you want to pull the sac and incubate it yourself.

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I have trouble sexing t's also. I've been struggling for so long mind if anyone give me some clue? Haha sorry for heavy pics..


LP #1
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps80728866.jpg

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps55dc48c1.jpg

LP #2

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps92f859a5.jpg

G.rosea

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps185656e9.jpg

Sorry for heavy pics.
I heard triangle means female and if the line is straight then it is male but I cant tell which is which. Both LP molted but they decided to stand on it for a day and got crushed and so and so...only one was retrieved..:(

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

I can't tell by the pics and I suck at guessing at vent shots.
I don't even attempt to sex them until they have some pretty good size. My eyes aren't what they used to be :p

LP#1
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...psa54d81a0.jpg
"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

LP#2
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps33d5f954.jpg

G.rosea#2
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7b5b2228.jpg

Again, thank you for reading and tips..!

3skulls// ahh I see. Maybe because I am an amateur.. I am so eager to see what sex they are hahahah

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

Ts I picked up from Damon this weekend.

Mature Male P. irminia
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/venume6e.jpg

P. regalis
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/e7epe3y8.jpg

G. pulchra
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/tyza3a6e.jpg

Louie, your LP#1 looks female.

I can sex T's if I can get a clear photo of the appropriate area of the molt. Ventral sexing is 50% accurate... because either way, it's male or female lol.

This is the spermethecae of an adult female Aphonopelma hentzi. This is located between the top two book lungs. Without a clear photo of that, sexing can't be done accurately. The "flap" is the uterus externus. The two protrusions are the spermethecae.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8...20f53d56_o.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/30/e5y9u7a3.jpg

Found my rose like this, touched it and didn't move. Possible molt already?

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Haha! First T. Get to watch it molt too! He's rising out of it right now.

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