Ty Dye Exotics Unboxing! Amazing experience, amazing spiders.

Today I received two orders - One from Ty Dye Exotics and one from Fear Not Tarantulas. This video is the unboxing for my Ty Dye Exotics order, containing a lot of fantastic specimens. My experience with Ty Dye Exotics was amazing, and I will definitely buy from them again.
Species featured:
Stegodyphus Lineatus
Homoeomma Chilense
Lasiocyano Sazimai
Aphonopelma Bicoloratum
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[@puppybreath87]

Awesome re housing video!! I need to add some of these velvets to my collection! They are so cute! ❤

[@lilspooders]

@@puppybreath87 thank you!! Omg you totally do, they are amazing. And I love how their little faces have a skull pattern.

[@puppybreath87]

@@lilspooders I love that too! I didn’t notice until you pointed it out! 💀 ❤️🕷️

[@drdoolittlefishhobbyist6055]

I actually like these although I don’t keep true spiders but these seem so laid back and the colours are amazing. The desert spider is found over a lot of Europe and the Mediterranean which is so cool. Great rehousings x

[@lilspooders]

@@drdoolittlefishhobbyist6055 they are such cool spiders! They do hide a lot though. But the web tunnels they make are absolutely incredible. I rehoused and paired my female over a month ago, and she has created this amazing web tunnel and intricate network of other web trails along the entire enclosure.

[@isaiahballesteros64]

I’m in love with the TKat cribs, I’m sorry jealous

[@lilspooders]

@@isaiahballesteros64 they’re such cool enclosures!!!!

[@JessMarie-o4l]

How do you sex these guys I’ve got two and don’t have a clue if male or female do you have any close up pictures I could look at to try and see what mine are ❤

[@lilspooders]

@@JessMarie-o4l thank you for commenting! It’s honestly such a great question.
There’s only one way to fully confirm if a tarantula is male or female, and that’s with a molt. That way you can see the internal parts, such as the uterus externus of a female, which presents as a translucent flap. Behind that flap, there will also be Spermatheca. Each species has differently shaped spermatheca. Some have little ovals, some have tubes. So it’s a good idea to look at reference images on Google or tarantula forums for your specific species. With larger specimens (4-5”), these spermatheca and uterus flap should be visible to the eye. With smaller specimens, you may need a digital microscope or even a true microscope for the smallest specimens. I’ve been able to confirm a female at 0.75” with a true microscope.
There is also ventral sexing, but it is mostly just guessing until a molt confirms it. There’s certain markers that are sometimes more obvious once a specimen becomes larger, such as a darkened arch between the first set of book lungs - that is indicative of a male. It’s called the epiandrous fusillae patch. There’s also how far apart the first set of book lungs are: close together is more likely to be male. Far apart, more likely to be female. Also you can look at the shape of the epigastric furrow. More curved, more likely to be female. Straight across, more likely to be male. If you know what you’re looking for, it can become easy to identify these items. But a tarantula confirmed via ventral sexing is only a guess, and not a true confirmation, until there’s been a molt. Then the molt will confirm.

[@lilspooders]

I actually have a very short video on my channel identifying the important structures on a female tarantula’s molt! I label the structures so you can see what they look like