Hi folks,
I have purchased a L. Violaceopes a while ago, it molted a couple of time, but now I am wondering. At what size will the sexual dimorphism be easily identified?
The molts have never been that perfect that I can the booklungs. The previous molt I measured L1 to R4 as 10cm. I am unsure whether that will still be recognized as a spiderling?

Is it still brown with purplish legs?

L.Violaceopes is difficult to sex by colouration in juveniles and subadults. Before sexual maturity both sexes will be a purplish-brown colouration. Subadult males however do tend to have a more fuzzy yellow setation. The deep royal purple will first be apparent with sexual maturity in the female and become increasingly deeper with each molt.

Can you post a picture pal? At that size, I would assume if its not blue, its most probably male and if
its dull brown/olive, its mature. But post a pic bud, lets see. :thumbsup:

I will try and post a pic, but hell, this isn't the easiest T to photograph. The most dominant colour is obviously the olive fuzz, but i have noticed that the legs on the molt actually has a faint blue tint to it...

Not the best photo, but the best that i currently can provide!

Thank you for the trouble of replying!

Cant tell from that view, need a better picture. But as females get older,
the yellow on there carapace tend to darken up. A singapore blue is not
really blue like we all think, its more a dark purple. :thumbsup: