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3cm blue spider found on small stream of water.
This could also be a new species of tarantula that has been discovered this year.the tarantula is blue in colour so this might just be it.
Use this sites
http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/
http://www.care-sheet.com/index/Avicular...
http://www.tarantulas.co.za/forum/avicul...
Juveniles are bright blue and as they grow they turn brown. We have had them before at the invertebrates laboratory in the UPRM. Hope this helps.
never even heard of a blue spider before.. Nucturnal probably with that color.. I wonder if it glows under UV lights like scorpions do!!?
Phenomenal find ans photo..
It is very strange spotting since the place were we found it is a rural and very apart place. I don't know of this kind of purple tarantula in Puerto Rico. And is almost equally rare for someone to have a foreign specie as a pet. Could it be endemic?
Larskorb, its not lampropelma violaceopes (Singapore blue) this species can only found in Malaysia or Singapore.
wwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooowwwwwww a bright blue spider!!! well thats interesting!!!
yes it has some missing legs, it was found while catching fresh water shrimp on a small water stream... it lost some legs in the process ... :( we've never seen one of these over here.
The texture on that leaf is pretty awesome. No idea about the spider, but it does appear to be missing several legs; poor little dude.
Spotted on Jul 25, 2011
Submitted on Jul 25, 2011
