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I have sexed sarina`s in the past and found them to have matured prior to reaching 100mm L/S (closer to 70mm L/S actually) , sarinas can reach 100mm L/S within 1 year and can easily reach 130mm L/S in 2 years and 180mm L/S within 4 years if given a good varied diet and adequate warmth . Yours would be mature without any doubt unless its a penultimate male which can get pretty big before maturing .

following pics are of another members sarina that I sexed for him (Hornet)

his abdomen still has some size to it , it will get to the size of a pea once he stops eating then you know he is on his last legs . Given the leg morphology I`d be inclined to say you have a Phlogius strenuus male there mate but don`t rush out and buy a female of that spp. just yet , it is pressumptuous on my part and is no way a definate id .

Cheers mate. Hope he has a bit more in his tank!

That is a 100% mature male , males do not normally moult again once mature and its likely he wont web up either ...his days are numbered , I bet you see him out wandering around the enclosure all the time ...he is looking for a female .

Males usually stop feeding once mature but if you can keep them feeding you may get 2 years out of them , dunno about yours cause i don`t know how long ago it matured , still looks pretty fresh though you said you had him 4 - 5 months now so the clock is ticking , the fact he is still eating 3 -4 crix a week is a good sign .

Sorry can`t id him either (males can be very hard to id from pics) .

ahh i see, thanks for the info - i've had him around 4 - 5 months now and no sign of webbing or anything that looks close to being a molt.

This is my Sarina male playing with his food

Hi Peter welcome to the forum your T's leg will grow back when it moults it will just look thiner and with every moult will start to look like the others with webbing once it settles down it will start to Webb. Its a bit hard to id with those pix need to be a lot more clear take pix of the front and back and top looking at the pix it dose look like a male have a look and see if its got boxing gloves om the pedipalaps the are the two smaller appendages on the front between the legs

Hi All,

My name's Peter, i'm from Melb, Vic and i'm new here! Very nice by the way - good to see that everybody contributes. 

I recently bought my first T (not sure on species, age, sex etc) it was labelled as medium, looked stunning and had to buy it. I also bought an exoterra enclosure, some coco peat, water dish, heat mat and a hide out for him / her to chill.

Funny thing is - i never see it webbing (hasn't webbed) and it only has 7 legs. I'll take some pics soon and post them. He/She seems happy and eats around 2 - 3 crickets a week. I have read that the legs grow back after a molt. Is this true? and is it common?

Promise to post some pics soon. Could someone possibly ID for me and give some general feedback re the setup?

Pete


OK... I Got bored haha - here they are. Any help / feedback would be great

This is a vid of my Crassips sling has taken me ages and a lot of patience to capture it

Nice looking Plumipes!
-Chris