Appears to be an African old world species of some flavor. You should not be holding it, as old world tarantulas have quite potent and painful venom (potentially deadly to any household pets) if it decides to bite you, on top of being very quick were it to take a leap off of your hand and try to make an escape.
Appears to be an African old world species of some flavor. You should not be holding it, as old world tarantulas have quite potent and painful venom (potentially deadly to any household pets) if it decides to bite you, on top of being very quick were it to take a leap off of your hand and try to make an escape.
@Uvuvuvwebweh, did you collect it or buy it? If so, where did you collect/buy it from?
I agree it does appear to be some sort of Old World, which have powerful venom, aside from being very quick. Without more information however we can't really narrow it down to much as there are many spiders under the sun that look like that.
Yes its true you shouldnt handle them, tarantulas have sensitive hair on their feet which let them feel minute vibrations such as your pulse. IOW, they can tell that what they are walking on is alive and will try and get off you at all opportunities.
I agree with the assessment it looks to be an African species
No need to apologize. It'd just be in everyone's best interest (yours, the tarantula's, and any other living thing in your household) if you didn't handle it. Especially if you don't have a positive ID on the species; best to enjoy them from the safety of their enclosure and limit any physical interaction to emergency situations where you have no other option.
I'm not entirely certain on this as the picture isn't very large/focused for me, but the size and shape of the fovial groove (the little spot in the center of the carapace) looks almost like a horn may develop there, in which case it'd 100% be in the Ceratogyrus genus and will be easier to identify the specific species after it gets a bit older. It looks a fair bit like what my C. darlingi looked like at that size, but quite a few African OWs have a similar appearance when they're small.
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