Ecuador Field Trip

[antinous]

Haven’t been here on a while, but I recently went to Ecuador to work and to also travel around in search of tarantulas/reptiles. Sadly, I was mugged so I’m missing quite a few photos of tarantulas and such, but here are some I took with my phone:

Avicularia purpurea Female


Avicularia purpurea Male


Unknown tarantula, possible Pamphobeteus sp. Female (Found in the cloud forest)


Unknown tarantula, possible sling to the Pamphobeteus sp. above


Theraphosinea sp. Male


Pamphobeteus sp. Female (Found in the Amazon) looks very similar to the Pamphobeteus above

 

[Venom1080]

Doubt thats purpurea. awesome you got to see some cool Avicularia though.

 

[antinous]

Doubt thats purpurea. awesome you got to see some cool Avicularia though.

What makes you think it isn’t? Not saying that it is either, just someone was telling me while I was there that’s where they’re found. I have no experience with Avics whatsoever so haha.

 

[Venom1080]

What makes you think it isn’t? Not saying that it is either, just someone was telling me while I was there that’s where they’re found. I have no experience with Avics whatsoever so haha.

juruensis #2 comes to mind. What was Peru purple/urticans.
Don't take photo IDs as proof, of course.

Don't know their range, so maybe not.