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Male Brown Tarantula

Aphonopelma hentzi

Photo by FianaShapiro
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found atop a large hill in the southern Missouri Ozarks

Species ID Suggestions

Brown tarantula (male)

Aphonopelma hentzi

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Comments (6)
MrAlexander
You're one crazy individual! I could never let one of those bad boys crawl around on my hands like that. Just the creepy crawly feeling of the eight legs. Spiders are definitely... Unique, to say the least
Aaron_G
It has a small abdomen and it also has tibial hooks on its first set of legs. You can easily see them in your photo if you look about 1/3 of the way up from the "toes." These are used for restraining the female's fangs during mating. Not all species of tarantulas have them.
FianaShapiro
Goody: thank you! how can you tell it's a male?

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International Spider Survey
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NWF: Watch for Wildlife!
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 10, 2012

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