Found this guy on my way back from the farm and put him on the side of the road for safety. He got no love in /r/pics, what do you guys think?
Posted Jan 10, 2013, 12:49 AM UTC
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You are indeed a kind and generous man. Come the day of reckoning the spider world will arise and all will hale Neglectful and call him friend of spiders
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Thank you, Lady_FriendOfSpiders. May crickets and flies be plentiful on this glorious day.
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He looks beat to shit. I hope he finds a mate soon.
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Oh my glob... thats intense. Kudos to you though. You are a brave soul.
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I will love him. Here is some of the aforementioned love!
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Hello
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Hi
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Where?
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Maule region, Chile.
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Awesome find! I wish we had native tarantulas in SC.
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I wish we had them in the Carolinas too! We do however have the largest species of wolf spider, Hogna carolinensis if that's any consolation.
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I almost(accidentally) ran over one of those with a lawnmower when I was younger. I thought it was a tarantula after it ran away.
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I'm still hoping to find a Hogna of any kind. Our yard has many of the smaller wolf spiders, but the big ones have eluded me.
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Nope, lol I cringe every time
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You touched that thing? shivers Its huge.
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Huge, but harmless!
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I used a stick for that one, but I've grabbed other ones a few times.
The weirdest thing is that their feet stick to your skin and you can't always get them off easily.
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I can understand that. But unfortunately I have a terrible fear of spiders. When they're in the house or anywhere near me I flip and squish them... but I don't think they belong in the house. I mean if I'm outside I leave them be. I don't think I could ever touch one.
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Hopefully after some time on r/spiders you won't fear them as much. :p
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Got a bit startled when i got close. Pretty sure it was a young Chilean rose tarantula. :)
Doubt that dude is very young. Those prominent tibial hooks on the front legs indicate a mature male that is looking to procreate. The tarantulas you find walking about in the open are almost always adult males, because upon reaching adulthood the male becomes singularly focused on finding a female to mate with before he expires.
Ah, you're probably right. I just assumed it was young because i've seen bigger/fatter ones.
Thanks!
Doesn't look quite like Grammostola rosea to me. I think it may be a member of the Paraphysa genus, like this P. parvula. The color of the carapace immediately made me think this was not G. rosea.
He's got his warface on.