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Costa Rica'n TIGER RUMP

Cyclosternum fasciatum

Description:

Tiger marks on the belly,very active, looked young, 2 inches long.

Notes:

Lovely spider would have loved to keep her...she went happily into the forest.

2 Species ID Suggestions

sjl197v2
sjl197v2 11 years ago
Costa Rican Suntiger Tarantula
Metriopelma zebratum Metriopelma zebratum | ------- Arácnidos de Centroamérica -------


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4 Comments

sjl197v2
sjl197v2 11 years ago

The abdomen banding pattern shows is zebratum, two thin orange bands in front of the urticating hair patch, which do not join together and do not merge to give an orange spot anterior to the urticating patch. It is often wrongly confused with those sold in the pettrade as 'Cyclosternum fasciatum'

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Welcome GylmaBarnes.

Thank you ChunXingWong.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice spotting!

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 15, 2012
Submitted on Aug 21, 2012

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