Texas tarantulas.

[US Arachnids]

I Currently Relocated to texas and was researching different species located in texas. Two common species are the A. anax and the (A. hentzi located in texas and oklahoma) I came acrossed a few sites that stated, 14 different species reside in texas
And isn't the (Rio Grande Gold - Aphonopelma Moderatum) located in Del Rio Texas and a few other areas around Del Rio.

So thats 3 species but still isn't close to 14, lol, Please list and post pictures if you know of any other tarantulas located in texas and what parts of texas there from....

 

[natebugman]

I don't think I've ever seen any of the others that are supposed to occur in Texas. To be honest, I'm not sure that anyone knows for sure whether there are that many species or if they are just part of what is known as the "hentzi complex" of tarantulas. If you want to know the scientific names and locations of these other spiders, try this map:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=...6.814266,-97.393799&spn=1.951042,4.713135&z=7

 

[AR-Tarantula]

Aphonopelma species described from Texas:

A. anax
A. armada
A. arnoldi
A. breenei
A. clarki
A. gurleyi
A. harlingenum
A. heterops
A. hollyi
A. moderatum
A. mordax
A. steindachneri
A. texensis
A. waconum

The vast majority are "bad" species - probably not taxonomically valid. The map cited above will show you where they were described from in Texas.