Tarantula Photo Gallery

Photography by Michael Jacobi, Eric Reynolds and others

The scientific names associated with photos on this site are based on current identification in the international tarantula-keeping hobby. Photographed specimens have not been examined by a taxonomist/systematist, and although I have strived to be as accurate as possible using information available to the hobbyist, I make no claims to the accuracy of these identifications. In short, these names serve our purposes within the hobby and are not intended to represent the evolving science of theraphosid spider taxonomy.

— A —

Acanthoscurria AUSSERER, 1871

A. chacoana BRÈTHES, 1909

A. cordubensis THORELL, 1894

A. geniculata C.L. KOCH, 1841

A. sternalis POCOCK, 1903

Aphonopelma POCOCK, 1901

A. burica VALERIO, 1980

A. seemanni (F.O.P.-CAMBRIDGE, 1897)

Avicularia LAMARCK, 1818

As noted in the introduction at the top of this page, the identifications used for photos—and the entire site, for that matter—are based on hobby names, not taxonomically accurate names made with comparison to type material. The genus Avicularia is particularly problematic. With the exception of A. laeta, A. minatrix, A. purpurea and A. versicolor, which are very distinct spiders with early instar stages that are much different looking than the other hobby Avics and, in most cases, were described a long time ago with comparison to the generic type, the other Avic "species" present in arachnoculture are dubious at best.

A. sp. 'avicularia'

A. sp. 'azuraklaasi'

A. sp. 'braunshauseni'

A. sp. 'huriana'

A. sp. 'metallica'

A. minatrix POCOCK, 1903

A. purpurea KIRK, 1990

A. sp. 'urticans'

A. versicolor (WALCKENAER, 1837)

— B —

Brachypelma SIMON, 1891

B. albopilosum VALERIO, 1980

B. boehmei SCHMIDT & KLAAS, 1993

B. smithi (F.O.P.-CAMBRIDGE, 1897)

B. vagans (AUSSERER, 1875)

— C —

Ceratogyrus POCOCK, 1897

C. bechuanicus PURCELL, 1902

Chilobrachys KARSCH, 1891

C. fimbriatus POCOCK, 1899

Chromatopelma SCHMIDT, 1995

C. cyaneopubescens (STRAND, 1907)

Coremiocnemis SIMON, 1892

C. tropix RAVEN, 2005

Cyriopagopus SIMON, 1887

C. sp. 'Singapore blue'

C. schioedtei (THORELL, 1891)

— E —

Encyocratella STRAND, 1907

E. olivacea STRAND, 1907

Ephebopus SIMON, 1892

E. cyanognathus WEST & MARSHALL, 2000

E. murinus (WALCKENAER, 1837)

E. uatuman LUCAS, SILVA & BERTANI, 1992

Euathlus AUSSERER, 1875

E. vulpinus (KARSCH, 1880)

Eupalaestrus POCOCK, 1901

E. campestratus (SIMON, 1891)

— G —

Grammostola SIMON, 1892

G. aureostriata SCHMIDT & BULLMER, 2001

G. iheringi (KEYSERLING, 1891)

G. pulchra MELLO-LEITÃO, 1921

G. rosea (WALCKENAER, 1837)

— H —

Haplopelma SMITH, 1996

H. sp. 'Bach Ma, Vietnam

H. albostriatum (SIMON, 1886)

H. lividum SMITH, 1996

H. minax (THORELL, 1897)

H. schmidti VON WIRTH, 1991

Heteroscodra POCOCK, 1899

H. maculata POCOCK, 1899

Holothele KARSCH, 1879

H. incei (F.O.P.-CAMBRIDGE, 1898)

— I —

Iridopelma POCOCK, 1901

I. hirsutum POCOCK, 1901

— M —

Megaphobema POCOCK, 1901

M. mesomelas (O. P.-CAMBRIDGE, 1892)

— N —

Nhandu LUCAS, 1983

N. carapoensis LUCAS, 1983

N. chromatus SCHMIDT, 2004

N. coloratovillosus (SCHMIDT, 1998)

N. vulpinus (SCHMIDT, 1998)

— O —

Ornithoctonus POCOCK, 1892

O. costalis (SCHMIDT, 1998)

— P —

Pamphobeteus POCOCK, 1901

P. sp. 'platyomma [platyomma]'

P. sp. 'platyomma [wacketi]'

Phlogius (ressurection in prep.)

P. (Selenocosmia) crassipes (L. KOCH, 1874)

Phormictopus POCOCK, 1901

P. platus CHAMBERLIN, 1917

Poecilotheria SIMON, 1885

P. fasciata (LATREILLE, 1804)

  • female
  • ultimate male
  • juvenile
  • spermathecae

P. formosa POCOCK, 1899

  • female
  • ultimate male
  • juvenile
  • spermathecae

P. metallica POCOCK, 1899

P. miranda POCOCK, 1900

P. ornata POCOCK, 1899

  • female
  • ultimate male
  • spermathecae

P. pederseni KIRK, 2001

P. regalis POCOCK, 1899

P. rufilata POCOCK, 1899

  • female
  • ultimate male
  • juvenile
  • early instar
  • spermathecae

P. smithi KIRK, 1996

P. striata POCOCK, 1895

P. subfusca POCOCK, 1895

Psalmopoeus POCOCK, 1895

P. irminia SAAGER, 1994

P. pulcher PETRUNKEVICH, 1924

P. reduncus (KARSCH, 1880)

Pterinochilus POCOCK, 1897

P. murinus POCOCK, 1900

— S —

Selenotypus POCOCK, 1895

S. plumipes POCOCK, 1895

Sphaerobothria KARSCH, 1879

S. hoffmani KARSCH, 1879

Stromatopelma KARSCH, 1881

S. calceatum (FABRICIUS, 1793)

— T —

Tapinauchenius AUSSERER, 1871

T. cupreus SCHMIDT & BAUER, 1996

T. gigas CAPORIACCO, 1954

T. plumipes (C.L. KOCH, 1875)

T. purpureus SCHMIDT, 1995

Theraphosa THORELL, 1870

T. blondi (LATREILLE, 1804)

Thrigmopoeus POCOCK, 1899

T. truculentus POCOCK, 1899

— X —

Xenesthis SIMON, 1891

X. immanis (AUSSERER, 1875)

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