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<blockquote data-quote="Silversnapper" data-source="post: 836718" data-attributes="member: 52909"><p>Thanks for the research Marilynne, it seems I wasn't too far out after all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It is now about 55-60mm at full stretch and about due for another moult. They are 'parthenogenetic' which means they don't need to mate to reproduce, which is just as well as apparently less than 1 in 10,000 are born male, so I guess it's a 'she' <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and will start to release eggs after six months or so. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Silversnapper, post: 836718, member: 52909"] Thanks for the research Marilynne, it seems I wasn't too far out after all. :) It is now about 55-60mm at full stretch and about due for another moult. They are 'parthenogenetic' which means they don't need to mate to reproduce, which is just as well as apparently less than 1 in 10,000 are born male, so I guess it's a 'she' :) and will start to release eggs after six months or so. :eek: [/QUOTE]

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