Picked up this girl the other day. Ephebopus murinus, or the French Guyana Skeleton Tarantula. They are somewhat of an enigma of the tarantula world: they are a new world species, but look more like an asiatic species. They have features of an arboreal, but are terrestrial burrowers. Also, their urticating hairs are not on the abdomen like all other genus of new world tarantulas, they are on the pedipalps, and are released by rubbing the pedipalps on their chelicerae.
They are rather defensive, not generally a species to be handled. Get to just over 4 inches or so. They love to dig and web, but aren't overly shy. This one loves to sit right in the open.
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