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Mexican tarantulas | 2 comments

At this moment I have three tarantula spiders. Two resemble the Costa Rican Tiger-Rump (Cyclosternum fasciatum) but where found in Veracruz, Mexico. It might be very well the case that Costa Rican Tiger-rump tarantulas one can buy in a pet shop are actually originally coming from Mexico.

For a short wile I also had a Veracruz Red Rump (Tliltocatl kahlenbergi) tarantula, but it died shortly after it made a sperm web. Male tarantulas live relatively short once they are adult so maybe it died from old age.

Adult female Tliltocatl kahlenbergi climbing on my hand.
Adult female Tliltocatl kahlenbergi climbing on my hand.

During several field trips in Veracruz I have seen Red Rump tarantulas living very close to the Tiger-rump look-a-like, sometimes even living together under the very same stone. To make things even more interesting, I also have seen Florida bark scorpions (Centruroides gracilis) living under the same rock. And recently even a couple of small Túngara frogs, (Engystomops pustulosus), sharing the burrow.

Túngara frog leaving the burrow of a Tliltocatl Kahlenbergi tarantula.
Túngara frog leaving the burrow of a Tliltocatl Kahlenbergi tarantula.

MexIT blog entries

MexIT is a blog I keep, and it has several entries regarding mexican tarantula spiders, pictures and info on their habitat.

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