Wildlife Spotting

None of the guesses are correct, so far ... It's either a Citharacanthus sp. or a Phormictopus sp. (but not P. cancerides) ... Looking into it further ...

I really have no idea WHAT it is, but I am quite certain that it is not T. blondi. It appears to be a very large theraphosid, but body shape is wrong for blondi. Whatever it is, you have a beautiful picture!!!

You're welcome - I may be wrong and the hispanian one is it. At least both is possible and if I refer to the actual pic of yours, I'd tend to the Birdeater. But Tarantulas can grow pretty old and I guess there are also changing signs of age (such as greyish hair), plus differences of male and female...

It appears more to be a Giant Birdeater - darker "fur" and no violet center of the back. Eventhough the Giant Birdeater is common in South America; it wouldn't have that much shipping way to Cuba...

WOW! Amazing scary spider! COOL!

Whoa! Great spot! Welcome to the Community MihaiER!

I tried to do some research on your tarantula but to no avail...not that much information out there about Cuban tarantulas that is reliable. But, I did figure out there are 20+ species of tarantula in Cuba.

Here's a great video on YouTube about tarantulas in Cuba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8vEbIt1ZCU

Me too!

my goodness - sort of glad he's on your side of the planet