P platyomma dimorphism or colour

BossRoss · Oct 22, 2014

Hi,

Done my research and googling.

Is there any way to know, when buying a sling, if this species will be the brown/tan or the nice black and pink variation? Please help as I have just been offered a sling at a decent price but dont want the brown/tan one.

awiec · Oct 22, 2014

BossRoss said:
Hi,

Done my research and googling.

Is there any way to know, when buying a sling, if this species will be the brown/tan or the nice black and pink variation? Please help as I have just been offered a sling at a decent price but dont want the brown/tan one.

Females will always be mostly black/tan with the occasional hint of purple as adults, males will always be a bright pink/purple as adults. So really you need to figure out what gender that sling is and then go from there. Though I will say even if my pamph is a girl (though I really think it's a boy) I will still enjoy it for its personality. Up until subadult/adult stage the two genders will pretty much look the same so you need to look at a molt or look at them ventrally.

Philth · Oct 22, 2014

Their colors of a fresh molted one can look drastically different from one that hasn't molted in a long time.

Later, Tom

Ultum4Spiderz · Oct 22, 2014

Philth said:
Their colors of a fresh molted one can look drastically different from one that hasn't molted in a long time.

Later, Tom

MM
What size do they hook out for males though??

Philth · Oct 22, 2014

Ultum4Spiderz said:
MM
What size do they hook out for males though??

Depends on the species, I've had ultramarinus males mature as small as 4 inches, but other species had some monster 7 -8 inch males.

Later, Tom

BossRoss · Oct 23, 2014

for the time being I turned this one down as it was a female, I assume, as it was dark tan in colour. I really want a pink/purple male- the colours are too amazing. Plus they are fairly expensive around here. Ranging from 500ZAR to 900ZAR for slings.

Thanks for the input all.

If anyone has photos of when their male/females where slings I would appreciate it as this T got bumped up into my top 3 of the wishlist.

awiec · Oct 23, 2014

BossRoss said:
for the time being I turned this one down as it was a female, I assume, as it was dark tan in colour. I really want a pink/purple male- the colours are too amazing. Plus they are fairly expensive around here. Ranging from 500ZAR to 900ZAR for slings.

Thanks for the input all.

If anyone has photos of when their male/females where slings I would appreciate it as this T got bumped up into my top 3 of the wishlist.

Males and females look the same as slings, you'd have to get a molt or ventral shot to tell the gender. You don't see the color differences until they are older/bigger, they also look a lot different when they are about to molt as well.

BossRoss · Oct 24, 2014

awiec said:
Males and females look the same as slings, you'd have to get a molt or ventral shot to tell the gender. You don't see the color differences until they are older/bigger, they also look a lot different when they are about to molt as well.

This helps, thanks!
I was wonder the impression this species looked different between the sexes from slings...

awiec · Oct 24, 2014

BossRoss said:
This helps, thanks!
I was wonder the impression this species looked different between the sexes from slings...

I have a suspect male pampho and he looks the same as his sisters did as slings. I only think he is a male due to some ventral sexing. At around 2.5-3 inches (6.3-7.6 cm I think) you have a better shot of figuring out what they are with molts or ventral sexing.

P platyomma dimorphism or colour

BossRoss

Arachnosquire

awiec

Arachnoprince

Philth

N.Y.H.C.

Ultum4Spiderz

Arachnoemperor

Philth

N.Y.H.C.

BossRoss

Arachnosquire

awiec

Arachnoprince

BossRoss

Arachnosquire

awiec

Arachnoprince