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About 20cm diameter with the legs spread...
Cueva Santa Catalina, Cuba, around 300m from the closest entry.
It's a tarantula that's obvious... Please help me ID this!
None of the guesses are correct, so far ... It's either a Citharacanthus sp. or a Phormictopus sp. (but not P. cancerides) ... Looking into it further ...
I really have no idea WHAT it is, but I am quite certain that it is not T. blondi. It appears to be a very large theraphosid, but body shape is wrong for blondi. Whatever it is, you have a beautiful picture!!!
You're welcome - I may be wrong and the hispanian one is it. At least both is possible and if I refer to the actual pic of yours, I'd tend to the Birdeater.
But Tarantulas can grow pretty old and I guess there are also changing signs of age (such as greyish hair), plus differences of male and female...
It appears more to be a Giant Birdeater - darker "fur" and no violet center of the back.
Eventhough the Giant Birdeater is common in South America; it wouldn't have that much shipping way to Cuba...
I tried to do some research on your tarantula but to no avail...not that much information out there about Cuban tarantulas that is reliable. But, I did figure out there are 20+ species of tarantula in Cuba.
Here's a great video on YouTube about tarantulas in Cuba: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8vEbIt1Z...
Spotted on Jan 18, 2009
Submitted on Jan 23, 2012
