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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » Mygalomorphs (Mygalomorphae) » Tarantulas (Theraphosidae) » Aphonopelma » Aphonopelma steindachneri
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Please identify blue tarantula! - Aphonopelma steindachneri
Copyright © 2016 dradrenaline

Please identify blue tarantula! - Aphonopelma steindachneri
Ensenada, Mexico (northwest region along coastline)
July 14, 2014
Size: About the size of a hand
Found in hot, dry, rocky, slightly elevated dirt area in northern Mexico. Didn't move for a while. Crawls quickly.

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Please identify blue tarantula! - Aphonopelma steindachneri Please identify blue tarantula! - Aphonopelma steindachneri
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Contributed by dradrenaline on 18 September, 2016 - 10:36pm
Last updated 29 November, 2016 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Aphonopelma.
… Kari J McWest, 29 November, 2016 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mygalomorphs.
… marshal hedin, 3 October, 2016 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert review.
Moved from ID Request.
An expert looks through these several times a year.
… Laura P., 20 September, 2016 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

Out of Range
Unfortunately, your image is out of range for BugGuide.
"If you have an image of something from North America, north of Mexico"

Someone may still be familiar enough to comment, but the image will not be kept.
… Jeff Brown, 18 September, 2016 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Keep for a while
This is an outstanding representative of an adult male Aphonopelma steindachneri, which is common throughout the Coastal ranges of southwestern California.
I recommend keeping the photo at least until other photos of adult males are posted.
… Kari J McWest, 29 November, 2016 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

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