This confirmed its position within the Trichopelma group. The new tarantula has some striking features. Adult males have legs covered in long, feathery hairs, resembling a feather duster. This trait ...
The new species, Trichopelma grande, is a bit unusual since it exhibits morphological features usually found in species from ones that live in trees. The first is that this new tarantula is the ...
It turned out to be a new species “Everything about this tarantula … was mind-blowing,” David Ortiz wrote in a Nov. 15 Facebook post. “It looked large and hairy, like an arboreal (tree ...
If you’re exploring nature in California this fall, there’s a chance you could be sharing the trail with one of the largest spiders in the world. If you’re exploring nature in California ...
Guam has 40 times more spiders than neighbouring islands – and a population of invasive snakes so voracious, they have emptied the forests of every bird.