Unidentified

Picture ID 172415

Picture of unidentified spider

Comments & ID Thoughts

What spider is this? Found in Costa Rica

  • Submitted by: 
    TTHI1994
  • Submitted: Jan 26, 2023
  • Photographed: Jan 25, 2023
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica
  • Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
  • Found in web?: No
  • Attributes:
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TangledWeb

It might be a Maquech, an Iron-clad Beetle. https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/11/el-maquech-the-living-jewel-of-the-yucatan/ They live in Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula.
It looks like someone bought this one with decorations pinned and glued to it. It may have been brought south to resell.
It is a threatened species, but not protected.
If you still have it, it needs a little water to drink and you can learn what to feed it. I don’t know if you should pull the pins out of it or leave them in.

TangledWeb