Didn’t get a great shot of it, but it was outside my window on the screen. Couldn’t tell if it was a wolf spider or Tarantula. I’ve seen wolf spiders in Texas, but I did not know we had tarantulas. What do you think? Sorry about the sad picture definition. I was scared to take a picture from outside
that is a wandering mature male tarantula, probably an Aphonopelma sp.
@AphonopelmaTX might be able to help you out if you are willing to share the general area
obviously an identification based on the pictures will not be possible
Yep, definitely a mature male tarantula, and as mentioned above, given that you're in TX, USA, it would be a member of the genus Aphonopelma (that is the only genus we currently have in the USA). Don't be scared of him - you would have to really, really, really provoke him to get him to bite, and even if he did it wouldn't be much worse than a bee sting. At this stage of his life, he's definitely a lover and not a fighter.
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