This picture was taken in my garden in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The N.clavipes is very common over there, and it’s one of the spiders I am most familiar with. In English, it is also known as banana spider, or golden orb weaver.
Their name is one of my favorite things in the world. Nephila is Greek [...]
The spider in this picture is a Lasiodora difficilis, also known as the Brazilian fiery red tarantula. Once again, it was taken inside my house, this time in the living room (I know, that carpet needs some cleaning).
What is it about tarantulas that makes people either love them, or hate them? Is it the [...]
I took this picture a few weeks ago in my garden, and I was reminded of it by a picture shown to me today by a 8 year old boy from Canada who wanted to know what kind of spider that was. It was the same species as the one in my picture.
Its name is [...]
This is the same spider seen in the previous post, after I managed to put it in a jar so I could take it out of my bedroom.
This is a crappy picture, but it’s the only one I have in which you can tell the size of this spider.
I like to put my hand close [...]
As you may have guessed, this is my favorite spider.
I took this picture in Sao Paulo, Brazil, inside my bedroom.
If you have any doubts about rather a spider you came across is a Phoneutria, the doubts go away once you try to get close to it. They are extremely aggressive.
