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Yucatan Rustrump Tarantula These cross the roads in the early morning in the jungle of the Yucatan. We saw several of them on our early morning drive to the airport to fly home. Much to the consternation of the taxi driver, we made him stop for each one and we finally got a decent photo of this one finally Brachypelma epicureanum,Geotagged,Mexico,Summer,Tarantula,Yucatan,Yucatan Rustrump Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Yucatan Rustrump Tarantula

These cross the roads in the early morning in the jungle of the Yucatan. We saw several of them on our early morning drive to the airport to fly home. Much to the consternation of the taxi driver, we made him stop for each one and we finally got a decent photo of this one finally

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    Nice. What a beautiful animal. Posted 6 years ago
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      Barry
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      Indeed, and they were just crossing the road in the morning in the Yucatan! Posted 6 years ago

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The Yucatán Rust Rump Tarantula

Tliltocatl epicureanus, the Yucatan Rustrump, is a tarantula spider indigenous to the Mexican peninsula of Yucatán. Adults grow up to 7cm. Females are grey to black, whilst males have orange hair on their abdomen.

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Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Mar 16, 2017. Captured Aug 4, 2016 20:37 in Kantunilkin - Chiquila, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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  • EX-ZR100
  • f/5.8
  • 1/800s
  • ISO400
  • 38.6mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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