Europeans Caught in Attempt to Smuggle Tarantulas from Colombia

[Susej]

English. https://www.financecolombia.com/ger...arrested-in-colombia-for-tarantula-smuggling/

all names there...

 

[Exoskeleton Invertebrates]

Great photo of Mr. Weber. Where is Time Magazine when you need them .

 

[8 legged]

which may explain why some exotics are stupidly cheap there.
No one in America would do experimental P Metallica communals

Perhaps it is also due to the fact that it has been breeding successfully in Europe for many decades. I don't want to defend us Europeans, but that is a very premature statement!
And the prices are not stupidly cheap, yours are stupidly expensive!

 

[Comatose]

Interesting but not surprising in the least unfortunately.
Europeans have a LONG history of smuggling wildlife. Lizards, frogs, spiders, birds, it doesn't matter.
I wonder if Xenthesis sp. Megasetae is amongst the species being smuggled?

Are you suggesting you’d like one? I only ask because a substantial portion of your collection is comprised of species that were smuggled from the wild. I can only imagine what your dart frog collection looks like.