Tarantula

Dear Stefan Phalagorn, will you be able to identify this cockroach?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...
It looks like a American cockroach, possibly the same genus?
The same species is also photographed by Alex Hyde
http://alexhyde.photoshelter.com/image/I...
Thank you.

It's for sure not a Cyriopagopus schioedtei, neither C. thorelli as they are from West Malaysia. According to the locality and by the look of it, it should be a mature male Phormingochilus everetti. Which can be found in Brunei, Sarawak and Sabah states of Malaysian Borneo.

Best regards,
Stefan Phalagorn -Theraphosids of Southeast Asia
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This tarantula sure looks like a tiny orangutan !

Love this spotting Lenny2 - it's always good to see creatures in their natural environment and context. Yours is a great spotting ! Hope your spider is a little more obliging, next time. :)

-interesting article Todd - thanks !

Here is a cool little article from my friends over at the British Tarantula Society observing Cyriopagopus thorelli in the wild in Malaysia ...

http://www.thebts.co.uk/tree_spider.htm

Hard to tell from the picture, particularly without seeing its abdomen ... My guess is a Cyriopagopus species ... Could be a lighter variant of Cyriopagopus schioedtei, for instance ... But best I can guess is Cyriopagopus spp.

Awesome !!

You wouldn't happen to know the species?

Beautiful spotting ... Semi-arboreal tarantula