Comments & ID Thoughts
Monocentropus balfouri Pocock 1897, female. In a partially silken retreat amongst large roots of a large tree.
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Dec 7, 2018
- Photographed: Oct 5, 2009
- Spider: Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island Blue Baboon)
- Sex:
- Location: Socotra Island, Yemen
- Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris,Desert area
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
She’s beautiful. I’m so used to seeing ID requests for brownish tarantulas – I cannot tell them apart – that it’s easy to forget how colorful and distinctive they can be.
Can you contact me off this page? – rickcwest@shaw.ca I made an error on another submission. Thanks, Rick