August 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A male tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aphonopelma sp.), one of dozens running across a road looking for females. Kings Canyon National Park, California, 12 Aug 2011.
February 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A male tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aphonopelma sp.), one of dozens running across a road looking for females. Kings Canyon National Park, California, 12 Aug 2011.
A male tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aphonopelma sp.), one of dozens running across a road looking for females. Kings Canyon National Park, California, 12 Aug 2011.
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A male tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aphonopelma sp.), one of dozens running across a road looking for females. Kings Canyon National Park, California, 12 Aug 2011.
There are dozens of documented interactions across multiple species of tarantula & frog that suggest stable mutualism.
Some frogs even seem to have adapted "don't eat me" toxic secretions that are potent for spiders, which may be a sign of co-evolution between species.
Spider-domesticated frogs!
Some frogs even seem to have adapted "don't eat me" toxic secretions that are potent for spiders, which may be a sign of co-evolution between species.
Spider-domesticated frogs!
An extensive review of mutualistic and similar ecological associations involving tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with a new hypothesis on the evolution of their hirsuteness
Mutualistic and similar ecological associations between tarantulas (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) and other animals are reviewed. Such associations are found to occur in at least nine theraphosid s...
www.tandfonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
There are dozens of documented interactions across multiple species of tarantula & frog that suggest stable mutualism.
Some frogs even seem to have adapted "don't eat me" toxic secretions that are potent for spiders, which may be a sign of co-evolution between species.
Spider-domesticated frogs!
Some frogs even seem to have adapted "don't eat me" toxic secretions that are potent for spiders, which may be a sign of co-evolution between species.
Spider-domesticated frogs!
The greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) is a species of spider in the tarantula family, Theraphosidae. It is native to the Paraguaná Peninsula in the Venezuelan state of Falcón.
October 17, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) is a species of spider in the tarantula family, Theraphosidae. It is native to the Paraguaná Peninsula in the Venezuelan state of Falcón.
"However, related families, such as Theraphosidae and Barychelidae, are known to possess venom glands."
October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"However, related families, such as Theraphosidae and Barychelidae, are known to possess venom glands."
I forgot if I ever shared this here xo) I’m gonna start posting my pics I’ve taken of my tarantulas and other terrariums I’ve put together here!
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Theraphosidae
Guillotine’s Arthropod, Plant, and Theraphosidae posting
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January 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I forgot if I ever shared this here xo) I’m gonna start posting my pics I’ve taken of my tarantulas and other terrariums I’ve put together here!
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🕷️ My young friend, Mr. Bubble
🇻🇪 Green Bottle Blue #Tarantula ( #Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantulas #spider #spiders #nature #arachnid #theraphosidae #mygalomorphae
🇻🇪 Green Bottle Blue #Tarantula ( #Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantulas #spider #spiders #nature #arachnid #theraphosidae #mygalomorphae
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🕷️ My young friend, Mr. Bubble
🇻🇪 Green Bottle Blue #Tarantula ( #Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantulas #spider #spiders #nature #arachnid #theraphosidae #mygalomorphae
🇻🇪 Green Bottle Blue #Tarantula ( #Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantulas #spider #spiders #nature #arachnid #theraphosidae #mygalomorphae
Wolf spiders are in family Lycosidae, while tarantulas have their own family Theraphosidae.
So we have a confusing common name for a group of spiders, a film director & a folk dance all named for the ancient Roman city of Tarentum, now Taranto.
History is weird, y'all.
So we have a confusing common name for a group of spiders, a film director & a folk dance all named for the ancient Roman city of Tarentum, now Taranto.
History is weird, y'all.
Beautiful Caribena Versicolor Tarantula on Arm
Alt: Beautiful Caribena Versicolor Tarantula on Arm
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June 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Wolf spiders are in family Lycosidae, while tarantulas have their own family Theraphosidae.
So we have a confusing common name for a group of spiders, a film director & a folk dance all named for the ancient Roman city of Tarentum, now Taranto.
History is weird, y'all.
So we have a confusing common name for a group of spiders, a film director & a folk dance all named for the ancient Roman city of Tarentum, now Taranto.
History is weird, y'all.
December 10, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Get yourself a tarantula boyfriend who has "the longest male palps known in tarantulas, possibly functioning in cannibalism avoidance during mating."
Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps, and an integrative revision of Monocentropus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae)
A taxonomic revision of the eumenophorine tarantula genus Monocentropus Pocock, 1897, which currently comprises three species, M. balfouri Pocock, 1897 (♂♀; Socotra, Yemen), M. lambertoni Fage, 1922 (...
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August 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Get yourself a tarantula boyfriend who has "the longest male palps known in tarantulas, possibly functioning in cannibalism avoidance during mating."
🕷️My beloved young friend FLUFF/Y ❤️
🇧🇷 Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
#tarantula #spider #friend #acanthoscurriageniculata #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #acanthoscurria #whitekneetarantula #Brasil
🇧🇷 Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
#tarantula #spider #friend #acanthoscurriageniculata #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #acanthoscurria #whitekneetarantula #Brasil
November 14, 2024 at 12:26 PM
🕷️My beloved young friend FLUFF/Y ❤️
🇧🇷 Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
#tarantula #spider #friend #acanthoscurriageniculata #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #acanthoscurria #whitekneetarantula #Brasil
🇧🇷 Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata)
#tarantula #spider #friend #acanthoscurriageniculata #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #acanthoscurria #whitekneetarantula #Brasil
Mein Don Juan ist da. 🤩
#Vogelspinne #Tarantulasofbluesky #Theraphosidae #exoticpets #tarantulalovers #Naturephotography #unboxing
#Vogelspinne #Tarantulasofbluesky #Theraphosidae #exoticpets #tarantulalovers #Naturephotography #unboxing
March 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Mein Don Juan ist da. 🤩
#Vogelspinne #Tarantulasofbluesky #Theraphosidae #exoticpets #tarantulalovers #Naturephotography #unboxing
#Vogelspinne #Tarantulasofbluesky #Theraphosidae #exoticpets #tarantulalovers #Naturephotography #unboxing
🕷️My beloved young friend Mr. Bubble
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #greenbottlebluetarantula #Venezuela
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #greenbottlebluetarantula #Venezuela
November 28, 2024 at 10:49 AM
🕷️My beloved young friend Mr. Bubble
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #greenbottlebluetarantula #Venezuela
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #greenbottlebluetarantula #Venezuela
Jackie Hoff
Theraphosidae
The family of hairy spiders
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Theraphosidae
The family of hairy spiders
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May 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Jackie Hoff
Theraphosidae
The family of hairy spiders
models@ayumiicassio.com
Theraphosidae
The family of hairy spiders
models@ayumiicassio.com
🕷️My beloved young friend Mr. Bubble ❤️
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 AM
🕷️My beloved young friend Mr. Bubble ❤️
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
🕷️My beloved young friend Mr. Bubble ❤️
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🕷️My beloved young friend Mr. Bubble ❤️
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
🇻🇪 Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
#tarantula #spider #friend #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #chromatopelmacyaneopubescens
Sie war eine Theraphosidae
March 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Sie war eine Theraphosidae
Wikipedia sagt Theraphosidae zu Vogelspinnen.
April 14, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Wikipedia sagt Theraphosidae zu Vogelspinnen.
But IF Belafonte's banana boat laborers encounter a deadly spider at work, there is a tiny chance it could be a Phoneutria boliviensis (neither black nor a tarantula) or, very rarely, an actual tarantula (the festively colored but non-deadly Hapalopus or the notably docile Grammostola)
February 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
But IF Belafonte's banana boat laborers encounter a deadly spider at work, there is a tiny chance it could be a Phoneutria boliviensis (neither black nor a tarantula) or, very rarely, an actual tarantula (the festively colored but non-deadly Hapalopus or the notably docile Grammostola)
"“[O]ccurrences of gynandromorphism in mygalomorphs (burrowing spiders) are exceedingly rare, with only two formal reports identified exclusively within the Theraphosidae family.”"
October 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"“[O]ccurrences of gynandromorphism in mygalomorphs (burrowing spiders) are exceedingly rare, with only two formal reports identified exclusively within the Theraphosidae family.”"
🕷️ Tarantula sex just got safer
A newly named tarantula genus, Satyrex, boasts the longest male palps ever recorded, likely evolved to reduce cannibalism risk during mating.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Spiders 🧪 #SciComm 🧬
A newly named tarantula genus, Satyrex, boasts the longest male palps ever recorded, likely evolved to reduce cannibalism risk during mating.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Spiders 🧪 #SciComm 🧬
Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps, and an integrative revision of Monocentropus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae)
A taxonomic revision of the eumenophorine tarantula genus Monocentropus Pocock, 1897, which currently comprises three species, M. balfouri Pocock, 1897 (♂♀; Socotra, Yemen), M. lambertoni Fage, 1922 (...
doi.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
🕷️ Tarantula sex just got safer
A newly named tarantula genus, Satyrex, boasts the longest male palps ever recorded, likely evolved to reduce cannibalism risk during mating.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Spiders 🧪 #SciComm 🧬
A newly named tarantula genus, Satyrex, boasts the longest male palps ever recorded, likely evolved to reduce cannibalism risk during mating.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Spiders 🧪 #SciComm 🧬
Meine beiden Mädels sind da! 🥰🥰🥰
#CaribenaVersicolor #AviculariaVersicolor #Juvenil #MartiniqueBaumvogelspinne #Vogelspinne #Tarantulasofbluesky #Theraphosidae #exoticpets #tarantulalovers #Naturephotography #unboxing
#CaribenaVersicolor #AviculariaVersicolor #Juvenil #MartiniqueBaumvogelspinne #Vogelspinne #Tarantulasofbluesky #Theraphosidae #exoticpets #tarantulalovers #Naturephotography #unboxing
February 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
They're a fearsome-looking critter, fuzzy-legged and LARGE, but their bites, while venomous, don't appear to cause any notable harm to humans.
They're burrow-dwellers, hiding from predators in abandoned holes they find.
But locals believed their bites could only be treated by DANCING.
They're burrow-dwellers, hiding from predators in abandoned holes they find.
But locals believed their bites could only be treated by DANCING.
tarantula wolf spider (Lycosa tarantula)
Lycosa tarantula is the species originally known as the tarantula, a name that nowadays commonly refers to spiders in another family entirely, Theraphosidae. It now may be better called the tarantula ...
www.inaturalist.org
June 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
They're a fearsome-looking critter, fuzzy-legged and LARGE, but their bites, while venomous, don't appear to cause any notable harm to humans.
They're burrow-dwellers, hiding from predators in abandoned holes they find.
But locals believed their bites could only be treated by DANCING.
They're burrow-dwellers, hiding from predators in abandoned holes they find.
But locals believed their bites could only be treated by DANCING.