PLease help opn buying a spider!!!

harmroelf

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Hello people,

I am going to buy a p irminia sling of 1". I really want a female, can anyone explane to me how i can see if its a male or female?

thnx
 

Scorp guy

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at such a small size, you cant. wait till about 4" maybe 3 1/2" to tell. The males (and of many other arboreal sp.) typically have larger, fuzzier legs....the females lack this, as well as hooks. Correct me if i'm wrong here, but i believe by cambreidgi and pulcher, this is how to tell:?
 

harmroelf

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Yup i know about the fuzier legs and the hooks when they are dult, but the females are very beautifull, the males are brown, grayish, so i hoped that it was possible te see so before they are bigger
 

sick4x4

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yeah these guys are buggers till that 3 1/2- 4" mark they look all female till one morning you see it molted to a male lol!!!!!!!
 

Mike H.

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harmroelf said:
Hello people,

I am going to buy a p irminia sling of 1". I really want a female, can anyone explane to me how i can see if its a male or female?

thnx
At that size it is very very hard to tell...
Buy 3 or 4 slings then your chances of getting a female are very good...

Regards, Mike
 
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