The Texas brown tarantula, Aphonopelma hentzi, also known as the Oklahoma brown tarantula or Missouri tarantula, is one of the most common species of tarantula living in the Southern United States today. Texas brown tarantulas can grow to leg spans in excess of 10 cm (4 in), and weigh more than 85 g (3 oz) as adults. Their bodies are dark brown, though shades may vary between individual tarantulas. The colors are more distinct after a molt, as with many arthropods. Males develop black legs with a copper colored carapace. Immature and males come in many shades of brown with considerable variation in greys and reds.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Texas Brown Tarantula being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aphonopelma pallidum
- Aphonopelma anax
- Aphonopelma armada
- Aphonopelma chalcodes
- Aphonopelma iodius
- Brachypelma albiceps
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Aphonopelma
- Species
- Aphonopelma hentzi
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