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Avicularia purpurea
About 4cm body length. Black colouration with a purple/blue sheen on legs and carapace; abdomen is black and covered in stinging hairs. This species is arboreal, but is also found living in holes in walls and roofs of houses. This species was described in 1990 by Peter Kirk.
In the Amazon region of Ecuador, in Tena.
Spotted on Feb 13, 2015
Submitted on Aug 5, 2017
8 Comments
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Thank you for the nice comments, Jim, Christine and Brian.
Great spotting Felix!!
Wow, beautiful spotting.
Imposing creatures, nice spotting Felix!
Thank you Neil.
She is gorgeous. A beautiful spotting, Felix.