North American Cobalt Tarantula

Aphonopelma moreae, otherwise known as the Mexican jade fuego tarantula, is a species of tarantula first described by Andrew Smith in 1995. It is named after Barbara Moore, who is the President of the American Arachnological Society. As its common name may suggest, it is found in Mexico, in the state of Sonora, south of Yécora. This is a terrestrial tarantula that sometimes dig intricate burrows....