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Summary: Telling a male hermit crab from a female is currently based on theories of claw size, color and hairs on certain body sections. Discover the mysteries of the hermit crab with insight from a pet enthusiast in this free video on pet care.
Cordell Jacques has worked in the pet industry for more than 10 years. He is also a reptile hobbyist in one form or another. Jacques keeps more than 20 various reptiles, frogs, fish...read more
"How do you tell a male hermit crab from a female hermit crab? Well there are some people with theories out there. Theories about claw size, and theories about color, and theories about certain hairs on certain sections of the body but they are all just theories. Right now we really have no idea how to tell a male hermit crab from a female hermit crab. It is one of the collective mysteries about these little creatures that is so interesting and so comical. Really we understand a very little bit about how they breed in the wild. We understand very little about their genders. My guess is in the long run really probably the only way to tell them would be a lot like telling with tarantulas and using their molted skins under microscopes but seeing how it is virtually impossible to get hermit crab molts out of the substrate as least as far as I know chances are we will probably not in the near future know how to sex hermit crabs but you never know, you may be the one to figure it out."
eHow Article: How to Tell a Male Hermit Crab From a Female
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