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Tarantula

Description:

Body consist of two main parts, cephalothorax (prosoma) and abdomen (ophistosoma), which connected by pedicle. Ophisthosoma smaller than prosoma. Hairy structure can be found almost part of body surface. Having a pair of chelicerae, pedipalps attached to the prosoma. Claws can be found on the tips of the legs. As what have been observed, this animal can cause human dead. A pair of fang (figure 3rd) can be seen from ventral part.

Habitat:

Lower area of Java Island - found in the ground.

Notes:

Some legs are broken at the tips, so this one can be easily captured.

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5 Comments

StefanPhalagorn
StefanPhalagorn 10 years ago

Possibly Selenocosmia javanensis.

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achmmad
achmmad 12 years ago

Compared to Acacia leaves under the body, it possibly 8 or 9 cm at that position, and may be about twelve or more cm for its spread legs. Actually I'm not record the size, sorry :(

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

What is the diameter of its spread legs..?

achmmad
achmmad 12 years ago

Thank you very much KarenL

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Wow! What a beauty!

achmmad
Spotted by
achmmad

Daerah Khusus Ibu Kota Jakarta, Indonesia

Spotted on Jan 26, 2012
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012

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