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What sex is my Tarantula?
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<blockquote data-quote="Phil" data-source="post: 147202" data-attributes="member: 4151"><p><a href="http://milehighbugclub.com/Methods%20for%20Sexing%20Tarantulas.htm" target="_blank">http://milehighbugclub.com/Methods for Sexing Tarantulas.htm</a></p><p>This is a pretty good link that may help.</p><p>I was also given the following advice many moons ago...</p><p></p><p>The females will have a tiny flap between the top 2 book lungs.called the epigastric furrow. If you have a needle or tweezers you can actually lift this flap up gently. If it is flat and smooth, it's a male.</p><p></p><p>Ventral sexing (Not as accurate)</p><p>Usually, the females book lung spacing is closer together (top left is close to bottom left and top right is closer to bottom right) but there is a wider space between the bottom two book lungs.</p><p>Males are the opposite. The top left and bottom left have more space between them and so on for the top right & bottom right. The bottom set of book lungs tend to be "closer" together.</p><p></p><p>Also, usually in males there will appear to be a "belly button" between the top two book lungs and in females there appears to be a set of "lips" between the top two book lungs (exuvium area).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phil, post: 147202, member: 4151"] [URL]http://milehighbugclub.com/Methods%20for%20Sexing%20Tarantulas.htm[/URL] This is a pretty good link that may help. I was also given the following advice many moons ago... The females will have a tiny flap between the top 2 book lungs.called the epigastric furrow. If you have a needle or tweezers you can actually lift this flap up gently. If it is flat and smooth, it's a male. Ventral sexing (Not as accurate) Usually, the females book lung spacing is closer together (top left is close to bottom left and top right is closer to bottom right) but there is a wider space between the bottom two book lungs. Males are the opposite. The top left and bottom left have more space between them and so on for the top right & bottom right. The bottom set of book lungs tend to be "closer" together. Also, usually in males there will appear to be a "belly button" between the top two book lungs and in females there appears to be a set of "lips" between the top two book lungs (exuvium area). [/QUOTE]
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