Tarantula in Greece

[benwhitfield]

Firstly, I know virtually nothing about tarantulas! However, I have just found what looked like a tarantula in a shirt sleeve hanging in a closet in apartment in Symi, Greece (south east Dodecanese islands). It was very dark red, hairy and about 2.5 inches in diameter. Anyone with any ideas what it was?

 

[BoyFromLA]

First of all, you will need to at least provide a picture or two.

Second of all, there is dedicated section for this:

Tarantula Identification

Pictures of tarantulas that you would like identified should be placed in this category. (please note, the ID will only be tentative as a positive ID cannot be made from a picture.)

arachnoboards.com

 

[viper69]

There’s only 1 species I’m aware of, in Cyprus. And given Cyprus is not completely owned by Greece, it may be in Turkey

 

[Dorifto]

Most likely an eresus, eresus walkenaeri my bet.

If not a lycosa, unlikely a Ischnocolus valentinus.

 

[benwhitfield]

I got a photo of it yesterday:

 

[Dorifto]

Nope, not an eresus hahahahaha. Ischolus discarted (very small species), I messed cm with inches xD

That's a chaetopelma?

 

[benwhitfield]

Yes I think it is a chaetopelma - looks exactly like it now I have looked it up