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Poecilotheria metallica (gooty tarantula)
Subject: | Poecilotheria metallica (gooty tarantula)
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Description
English: Gooty Tarantula, Metallic Tarantula or Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)
Date 7 February 2013, 15:04:52
Source Critically endangered species of India, March 2011. http://envfor.nic.in/downloads/public-information/critically_endangered_booklet.pdf
Author Søren Rafn
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gooty_Tarantula,_Metallic_Tarantula_or_Peacock_Tarantula_(Poecilotheria_metallica).jpg
Poecilotheria metallica (commonly known as Peacock Tarantula, Peacock Parachute Spider, Metallic Tarantula, Gooty Tarantula, Gooty Sapphire Ornamental, Salepurgu) is a species of tarantula. It reflects brilliant metallic blue colour. Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal-like pattern on the abdomen. The species' natural habitat is deciduous forest in Andhra Pradesh, in central southern India. Order: Araneae, Infraorder: Mygalomorphae, Family: Theraphosidae, Genus: Poecilotheria, Species: Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899. |
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