Grand Canyon black tarantula
The Grand Canyon black tarantula is a big, very hairy spider that is dark brown to black. It has a few orange to red hairs on its round back end. It is very common where it lives, but hard to find, because it hides in a burrow.
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Fun facts
Its burrows are so well hidden that scientists call them incredibly difficult to find.
Males have little hooks on their front legs that they use when they meet a female.
Females are bigger than males.
It lives in high places in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.
Most asked questions about Grand Canyon black tarantula
?How big is the Grand Canyon black tarantula?
A female's body is about 3.5 centimetres long, and her hairy legs make her look much bigger.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aphonopelma marxi
- Named by
- Simon, 1891
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Theraphosidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Aphonopelma marxi (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Chris A. Hamilton, Brent E. Hendrixson, Jason E. Bond. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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