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Costa Rican Tiger Rump Tarantula

Metriopelma zebratum

Description:

Very confident on it's way inside my Home, did not care I was right there. When I tried to send it outside to the garden it refused and kept on going in?!

Notes:

Confused with the Large spider names still!! Costa RicanTiger Rump, Metriopelma zebratum or Costa Rican Tiger Rump, Cyclosternum fasciatum, Costa Rican (Suntiger) Tarantula, Metriopelma zebratum.??

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9 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Any other picture from the top?
Metriopelma zebratum is called:
Costa Rican Suntiger Tarantula or Costa Rican Dwarf Tigerrump Tarantula.
http://eol.org/pages/1182147/overview
The names are easy, but the spider aren't so easy to separate.

Thank you, patty.

Confused with the Large spider names still!! Costa RicanTiger Rump, Metriopelma zebratum or Costa Rican Tiger Rump, Cyclosternum fasciatum.??

patty
patty 10 years ago

Nice spotting Gilma =)

Thank you for the comments.
This beauty is very well behaved and gentle and it seems some people has them as pets because of it, I should add it is 3 and a half inches long.

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Nice spider!

suzmonk
suzmonk 10 years ago

So, kind of pushy, then? When you look like that, I guess you call your own shots!

beaker98
beaker98 10 years ago

Love it!

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Nice shot pal

Provincia Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 12, 2013
Submitted on Aug 12, 2013

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