Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Costa Rican Blue Front 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
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana
- Pterinopelma longisternale
- Acanthoscurria cordubensis
- Acanthoscurria natalensis
- Sphaerobothria hoffmanni
- Dolichothele exilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Aphonopelma
- Species
- Aphonopelma crinirufum
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