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Orange knee Tarantula

Megaphobema mesomelas

2 Species ID Suggestions

orange knee tarantula
Megaphobema mesomelas
ToddTahtinen
ToddTahtinen 11 years ago
Costa Rican Red Leg Tarantula
Megaphobema mesomelas


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9 Comments

MartaLagoa
MartaLagoa 12 years ago

Thank you so much, Jonathan!

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

Thanks for the clarification Jonathan.

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

My pic, was at the same place, Santuario Ecológico they are in FB under that name ...(Santuario Ecológico)

MartaLagoa
MartaLagoa 12 years ago

Yes, Santa Elena, at night tour in the forest!

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Is hard to see colors, The spider is in a hole, I see light of a torch... Martha, located it in Monteverde or Santa Elena, So that is the most posible species there....

MartaLagoa
MartaLagoa 12 years ago

Amazing!

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

I thought orange-kneed too, at first, but the knees really aren't very orange. Maybe another tarantula species, Or do females display less color?

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

the pic # 4. I place in my album (Noah) is one of this tarantulas...

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

I'd say its a Tarantula but that's about as far as my knowledge goes concerning tropical arachinds.

MartaLagoa
Spotted by
MartaLagoa

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Mar 6, 2011
Submitted on Jun 6, 2011

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