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How can I tell if my male Gooty is mature? What does a sperm web look like? How would I tell if his pedipalps are loaded?
MM Poecilotheria metallica?
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Marijan2
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first off mature male will not be this blue, it will become very leggy and it will gave overall brown color. you will see bulbous palps on him, and you can assume he is loaded a month after he matures, or if you catch him in the middle of loading. sperm web looks like normal web, it is very thick, and looks like tunnel
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Thank you.
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What MM P. metallica have you been looking at?
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The palps will look like this.How can I tell if my male Gooty is mature? What does a sperm web look like? How would I tell if his pedipalps are loaded?
He'll be ready to go after a sperm web, which looks something like this.
The male will still be blue.
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Ah. Thank you. RobC is a resource I forget to use sometimes.
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These finally did show up last December. That you again for the descriptions and images.