Say hello to Icarus!

[JenneBlack]

So. I got my Mexican red knee tarantula in February and it only molted once, I figured out I had it in to big of an enclosure, so, I sized down and it was good and shed. She also only ate flies. So I switched to worms which it also finally started eating cause it wasn't eating worth anything until flies and wax worms. So I'm going to try others eventually. I have tried roaches and crickets! It won't touch them!! Anyway. There's a big debate on its sex!! Can anyone help me out? I wanna say female cause pointed feets lol and a few people believe female and another is certain Icarus is male.

 

[DuntyDunt]

Hello,

The easiest way to tell the sex is from its molt, check for the spermatheca, it's a flap in the top middle part of the abdomen molt. If the flap is there, it's a female, otherwise, male.

 

[JenneBlack]

The molt was messed up and only the front half of body was there and bottom half was destroyed I'll watch for next molt thank you

 

[DuntyDunt]

The molt was messed up and only the front half of body was there and bottom half was destroyed I'll watch for next molt thank you

Well in that case from the second picture I feel like you can maybe see a spermatheca print indicating it's a female but really that's a wild guess.

 

[ta122]

Yes, it's a male. Feet are no indication of sex.