Blue is the lab mascot, a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, and after their last molt, they’ve acquired the dark blue and blue-green colors of a mature greenbottle blue tarantula, and maybe reached sexual maturity. I’ve been checking out those palps, and they look very feminine to me.
Let me know what you think.
Fortunately, Blue is a perfectly good name for a female. Or male. Or immature juvenile.
I don’t know, but I hope you sort it out soon. I understand tarantulas get very upset if you misgender them.
With spiders, you can usually tell by the body size. Girl spiders are bigger. : )
(But you already knew that)
Sex, Sex, Sex, PZ, is spider sex all you can think about? /sarcasimus maximus
I sometimes wonder if spiders find eachother attractive like humans do?
Hey honey, where are those hairy legs goin’
Okay, somebody has to post this: Blue.
As an Australian she seems too blue to be called Blue
“I’ve been checking out those palps”, quoth PZ.
(I reckon he did not palpate them, but)
When I was teaching in Arizona, I had a student whose first name was Bleu. I mentioned to him once that it was probably my only chance to have a student named after stinky cheese. I don’t think he appreciated it.
The palps clearly are not made for sperm transfer; not inflated even a little bit. So yeah: Blue is a lady.
Dude, we don’t want to hear about your Blue movies.
New episodes of Blue’s Clues coming! She’d make a lovely main character!