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Texas Brown Tarantula

Aphonopelma hentzi

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark brown legs with lighter brown body.

Habitat:

Found on the road at dusk in Palo Duro Canyon SP

Reference Links:

Texas brown tarantula

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Comments (8)
AshleyT
If you read my habitat section you can answer that for yourself :)
AshleyT
Me too considering the males only live 5-6 years and the females live 30+ years haha. He is on a mission!
HemaShah
Hope he finds the woman of his dreams.
AshleyT
Yep! When it's warm out, every time I go to the nearby state park I see several of these guys while crossing the road. I always get out and try to get them off the road. Most of them get in threat posses and throw hairs at me, but this guy just kept getting into a ball when I would touch him. So I just picked him up and moved him off the road lol
HemaShah
what was this guy doing? strolling around?
HemaShah
I finally saw the Tarantulas of Mt Diablo. Took me 2 hrs to find this one. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/43087029 Due to the recent fires,the ranger told me that they were seeing 5/day instead of the usual 18/day.

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International Spider Survey
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Texas Wildlife Photographers
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State Parks, NWR, WMA's of Texas
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 21, 2013

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