NAME:Phormictopus cancerides  

COMMON: Haitian brown tarantula

 

TYPE: terrestrial /burrowing
ADULT SIZE: 7-9 in.
HUMIDITY: average or higher
TEMPERAMENT: defensive 
ORIGIN: West Indies, particularly the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and eastern Cuba.

NOTES: 

Color on carapace and femurs on legs may vary from gold to purple iridescence.

 

PICTURES:

picture by arachnofreaks member: Longimanus