Aphonopelma mooreae
(North American Cobalt Tarantula)

Featured spider picture The spider species Aphonopelma mooreae, commonly known as North American Cobalt Tarantula, belongs to the genus Aphonopelma, in the family Theraphosidae. Aphonopelma mooreae spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Aphonopelma mooreae includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Aphonopelma mooreae is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of February.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Aphonopelma
Species: Aphonopelma mooreae

Other Common Names

North American Cobalt Tarantula

Author

Smith, 1995

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Aphonopelma mooreae (North American Cobalt Tarantula), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 7, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Aphonopelma mooreae sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Aphonopelma mooreae spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Aphonopelma mooreae has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Ground layer (1). Forest (1).