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A South Korean man was arrested in Peru for allegedly attempting to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas and centipedes on a flight back to Korea. The 28-year-old Korean citizen, who was not named by ...
Airport security stopped the smuggler, who was also carrying nine bullet ants illegally taken from the Amazon rainforest
Fanged creature — with 6 eyes — found hiding in garage in Ecuador. It’s a new species. Aspen Pflughoeft. January 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM. ... Photos show the Guayllabamba recluse spiders. Males ...
Thrixopelma ockerti, commonly known as the Peruvian Flame Rump or Flame Rump Tree Spider, is a species of tarantula and the type species of the genus Thrixopelma. It is endemic to Peru and was first described by Gunter Schmidt in 1994. [1] It is named ockerti after the collector Roland Ockert. [1]
Amazonius burgessi is a tarantula in the Amazonius genus, it was first described by Martin Hüsser in 2018. It is found in Leticia, Colombia and Iquitos, Peru, although it is likely also found in Ecuador. It is named after Joseph Burgess, who helped to collect important material for this study. [1]
Thrixopelma pruriens, known as the Peruvian green velvet tarantula, [2] is a species of tarantula found in Chile and Perú in South America. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Though docile, this species is rarely kept as a pet in part due to its tendency to fling urticating hairs with minimal provocation.
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People unfamiliar with spider taxonomy commonly confuse large species with tarantulas, but huntsman spiders can generally be identified by their legs, which, rather than being jointed vertically relative to the body, are twisted in such a way that in some attitudes the legs extend forward in a crab-like fashion. [6]