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Puerto Rican Pinktoe Tarantula (Caribena laeta) Sabana, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Nov 22, 2024 Caribena laeta,Fall,Geotagged,Puerto Rico Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Puerto Rican Pinktoe Tarantula (Caribena laeta)

Sabana, Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Nov 22, 2024

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    Now that's something else! Easily the most stunning spider I've ever seen!
    (It's a juvenile, adults are plain brown)     Posted 8 months ago

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The Puerto Rican Pinktoe Tarantula

"Caribena laeta" is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, the last dubiously according to Caroline Fukushima and Rogério Bertani in 2017. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842 under the name "Mygale laeta."

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Uploaded Dec 19, 2024. Captured Nov 22, 2024 19:05 in 8779+WG Sabana, Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
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  • Canon EOS R6
  • f/11.0
  • 1/800s
  • ISO3200
  • 500mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.