Texas Brown Tarantula
May 27, 2018 16:59:41 #
LELON CUDE
Loc: Texas
This is a Texas Brown Tarantula (aphonopelma hentzi) "she",(presumably), was found in my garage in South Central Texas.
They have multiple eyes ( 6 to 10 +-) & it looks like they have 10 legs but have only 8 legs. The two shorter looking legs are not legs at all; they are Pedi (foot) Palp's. They actually have finger nails & hair (as you can see). They eat crickets, meal worms, etc. They burrow & build their nest around them selfs with an opening so that they can come & go (or escape) as they please. They are non aggressive & they are very beautiful arachnid's. NOT including its legs & Pedi Palp's it was approximately 3 inches long & 1 & 1/2 inches wide. This one is probably an adult and they can get larger than this one!
They have multiple eyes ( 6 to 10 +-) & it looks like they have 10 legs but have only 8 legs. The two shorter looking legs are not legs at all; they are Pedi (foot) Palp's. They actually have finger nails & hair (as you can see). They eat crickets, meal worms, etc. They burrow & build their nest around them selfs with an opening so that they can come & go (or escape) as they please. They are non aggressive & they are very beautiful arachnid's. NOT including its legs & Pedi Palp's it was approximately 3 inches long & 1 & 1/2 inches wide. This one is probably an adult and they can get larger than this one!
May 27, 2018 17:40:54 #
A beauty! I owned a couple back in the 1980's when I was volunteering at The National Zoo's invertebrate exhibit 
May 28, 2018 09:50:45 #
LELON CUDE
Loc: Texas
Linda: from just looking at the pictures, can you tell if this Tarantula is a male or a female????
Let me know what you think.
Thank you.
Let me know what you think.
Thank you.
May 28, 2018 10:31:37 #
AnnaZ
Loc: SW Wis.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhh.....................it's on your hand.............................LOL
May 28, 2018 11:01:19 #
LELON CUDE
Loc: Texas
Anna Z. Yea, this one was pretty docile. We put it in a place where there was plenty of "loose" dirt, debris, etc., in case it wanted to burrow & make itself a place to live; called "home".
May 28, 2018 11:07:34 #
Mr Clude. (Excuse me Linda).It is female. The males are not as large and bulky. The easiest way to tell most spiders is by their pedipalps. A male has greatly enlarged and modified palps as insemination organs,may be brightly colored, as in jumping spiders. Linda, we may have met. I worked at the Bay Center in A.A. Co in early eighties. I donated local insects, etc. I had raised in exchange for pinable specimens of their exotics. Enjoy the day, Bill.
May 28, 2018 11:40:09 #
May 28, 2018 12:39:19 #
May 29, 2018 12:49:36 #
Not my idea of a pet, but a terrific seeies non the less. Thank for sharing.May 29, 2018 16:06:50 #
LELON CUDE
Loc: Texas
I pulled a male off of my back shirt this morning. I will post it on UHH in the next couple of hours +-.
Lelon.
Lelon.
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