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My fiance caught me a tarantula this weekend in our local mountains. Every local herper has one, as they are friendly and will walk right up to you.
They are brown, I have never heard of a different color, not TOO hairy that I have seen. They grow HUGE,at least 6-8" leg span that we saw this weekend.
How do I find the name/info of this species?
*duh* btw it was caught in the Santa Ynez mountain range =) I can't remember how far it spans, so right up above Santa Barbara/Goleta.
Genus: Aphonopelma. Couldn't tell which species. It's an awesome experience to encounter a tarantula in the wild.
Maybe this link will help:
http://nature.berkeley.edu/~stevelew/cbcstuff/common_spiders/big_spi_quilt.html
>>*duh* btw it was caught in the Santa Ynez mountain range =) I can't remember how far it spans, so right up above Santa Barbara/Goleta.
Aphonopelma rileyi is from that area. But for all we know it could also be any of the following, that have been confirmed in nearby counties: clarum, cratium, cryptheum, eutylenum, iodius, phanum, radinum, or reversum.
Even from a photo, it'd be impossible to tell you which one it is. Many of them look nearly identical. You'd also be very hard pressed to find any Aphonopelma that topped 6".
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