Quote Originally Posted by moravaguy View Post
ok around this time last year i bought a spider pastel and black pastel, my first soon to be breeding project, i was going to make up bees with the spider and pastel, spider was supoosed to be female and pastel male. well about a week ago i got in my own probe kit from ebay its just a small one, pulled out the black pastel (at this time unknown sex) comes out boy, then the pastel thats supposed to be a male, checks out, now time for the spider..................................bout lost the damn probe up in HIM!!!!!!!!!!

so now im just picking up normal females and pastels left and right

so yea learn to do it your self and double check and the right probe makes all the difference, its not that hard anyway just be carefull, watch people do it and you should get it.
Did you probe both sides of the spider? Sometimes, someone inexperienced with probing can actually injure the female and it will go deep like a male. If the other side only probes shallow, then it may still be a female. Probe very gently and as soon as you meet resistance, stop.