Citharischius crawshayi, sex me...

[danfekar]

One of my two C. crawshayi juveniles. This one is newly moulted, has a legspan of 115 mm and a bodylength of 55 mm. They rarely moult and when they do, they tend to chew on their shed skin before I get a chance to take a decent picture :rolleyes:

Anyway, this looks like a male....or what?



http://img8.exs.cx/img8/9407/C_crawshayi001.jpg

[Randy]

i think u have a male here

[jw73]

It is male.

[laila]

Hi Dan

It is a male...

....but I am sure you posted the picture, just to show off your camera (which BTW I am not at all jealous of!!! :liar: ). ;)

[Joe1968]

male

nice macro shot.

[danfekar]

Yep, it seems my bad dream turned out to be for real...it's a male. My only hope is that the other one I have is a female :(

....but I am sure you posted the picture, just to show off your camera (which BTW I am not at all jealous of!!! :liar: ). ;)

You better not be jealous of it, lol. It's an ancient cp 995, they stopped producing those a long time ago :? I really want a Nikon D70 but they actually cost money :wall:

[Scott C.]

Wish I had that male. :)

[Ultimate Instar]

Just out of curiosity, when do they start showing sexual dimorphism? I remember reading that males tend to look rather different.

Karen N.

[Ryan_White]

Well if the other one is a female is is wiling to mate when she matures.. you could be sitting on a gold mine :P...

Ive heard they produce a lot of slings but then again the female would rather eat the male than mate with him in most cases... lol... :evil:

[phil]

looks male to me, here's a female below ;)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/the.tarantula.store/spermathecaeCcrawshayi.jpg