Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Black Baboon Spider 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
- Harpactira marksi
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana
- Pterinopelma longisternale
- Harpactira chrysogaster
- Euathlus truculentus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Harpactira
- Species
- Harpactira atra
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