Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba: Atlas:InsectsParis :A. Bertrand,1838-1857. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34893056Halloween is right around the corner so here's some Cuban #spiders for you #pod. Think these are scary? or cool?
A Pink Toe Tarantula or Tarantula de Patas Rosadas at Calanoa Reserve in the Colombian Amazon, with its nest in a bromeliad. The species is native from Costa Rica to Brazil.
This is way bigger than my Tarantula. You can't really tell by the photo but it was huge.Wikipedia: The goliath bird eating spider (also called the birdeater) (Theraphosa blondi) is an arachnid belonging to the tarantula family and is the largest spider in the world.