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Aphonopelma hentzi (Missouri's only tarantula species) - Aphonopelma hentzi
Copyright © 2006 Brian Sherrill

Aphonopelma hentzi (Missouri's only tarantula species) - Aphonopelma hentzi
Missouri, USA
June 3, 2006
We moved these from the Forums. The date listed came automatically from the EXIF information on each image. Here's Brian's initial post there. (J&J)
"Photos from Missouri -- Hi All,
I have been busy taking some Field Trips lately. Fortunately I don't have to go very far from home. I don't know the scientific names of a lot of these as I am more of a student of the scorpion but anyway here they are."
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Contributed by Brian Sherrill on 2 July, 2006 - 11:40am
Last updated 8 August, 2006 - 9:30pm

Sure look different from ours...
Ours have black legs and brown, rusty, or schoolbus yellow dorsal cephalothorax (it varies from year to year...) and the fur isn't as long.
… E Moon, 3 July, 2006 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
Wow, now this one is interes
Wow, now this one is interesting. Very interesting. Do you still have it? Dr. Brent Hendrixson would love to see this. A. hentzi does not have that long, wavy setae. This looks very similar to A. behlei or marxi. I have seen numerous A. behlei that are the same color, and then moult out to black. This my friend must be something special!
… Zach Valois, 1 February, 2009 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
This photo is from a while a
This photo is from a while ago, but if the author is still around...Do you have a locality for where this was collected?
… Zach Valois, 1 February, 2009 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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