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It's a nice overview that you posted about M. mesomelas, but this is a different tarantula, it is instead absolutely the mature male of Aphonopelma seemanni. The males walk openly in search of females in burrows. The species ranges throughout the North Eastern dry zone, throughout Guanacaste province, and into Punteranas Norte (where you found yours). See: http://www.birdspiders.com/gallery/index...

To me much more likely Acanthoscurria cf geniculata than other options, but possibly a Nhandu sp. Absolutely not a Grammostola or Poecilotheria. It's in captivity, so a solution is to ask what the label on the container said, and 'he' has a good chance of being a 'she'. :)

It is not a tarantula but a close family Dipluridae. It is probably Linothele sp. but could also be Diplura sp.

It's important to learn to recognise these, which are potentially dangerous.

I agree this is M.zebratum. The abdomenal pattern is different to those sold in the hobby as C.fasciatum. However, i don't think the locality map is correct. That would be an unexpected location with different climate to other known sites. Gilma, your profile says 'San Ramon Alajuela', which looks to be NW of San Jose, west of Naranjo de Alajuela, not the far north as the map here shows. Is the map point wrong?

The abdomen banding pattern shows is zebratum, two thin orange bands in front of the urticating hair patch, which do not join together and do not merge to give an orange spot anterior to the urticating patch.

The abdomen banding pattern shows is zebratum, two thin orange bands in front of the urticating hair patch, which do not join together and do not merge to give an orange spot anterior to the urticating patch. It is often wrongly confused with those sold in the pettrade as 'Cyclosternum fasciatum'

The abdomen banding pattern shows is zebratum, two thin orange bands in front of the urticating hair patch, which do not join together and do not merge to give an orange spot anterior to the urticating patch. It is often wrongly confused with those sold in the pettrade as 'Cyclosternum fasciatum'

The abdomen banding pattern shows is zebratum, two thin orange bands in front of the urticating hair patch, which do not join together and do not merge to give an orange spot anterior to the urticating patch. It looks to be an adult female holding her eggsac. It also has a cut on leg2 as there is a spot of haemolymph.

The abdomen banding pattern shows is zebratum, two thin orange bands in front of the urticating hair patch, which do not join together and do not merge to give an orange spot anterior to the urticating patch.