Desert Tarantula / Bird-eating Spider - Venomous
Desert Tarantula / Bird-eating Spider - Venomous. Has urticating hairs on top of abdomen. Nocturnal predator that rarely ventures far from burrow. (Aphonopelma sp.). Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA. Overwinter in plugged burrows in relatively inactive state living off fat reserves
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