Avicularia avicularia
(Pink-toe Tarantula)

Featured spider picture The spider species Avicularia avicularia, commonly known as Pink-toe Tarantula, belongs to the genus Avicularia, in the family Theraphosidae. Avicularia avicularia spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Avicularia avicularia includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Avicularia avicularia is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Avicularia
Species: Avicularia avicularia

Other Common Names

Pink-toe Tarantula, Guyana Pink-toe, Common Pink-toe, South American Pink-toe, Pink-toed Tree Spider

Author

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Avicularia avicularia (Pink-toe Tarantula), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 21, 2018 by Spider ID member barnyard. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Avicularia avicularia sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Avicularia avicularia spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Avicularia avicularia has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Ground layer (1). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1). Forest (1).