Brachypelma

Brachypelma is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. Brachypelma spiders have been sighted 7 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Brachypelma includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Brachypelma is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of March.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Brachypelma

Author

Simon, 1891

Sightings Overview

There have been 7 confirmed sightings of Brachypelma, with the most recent sighting submitted on November 20, 2019 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 7 sightings because of certain Brachypelma sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Brachypelma spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 7)
Sex: 6 female and 1 male.
Environment: Brachypelma has been sighted 18 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Ground layer (4). Under rock or debris (6). Open field, pasture, grassland (2). Forest (4). Desert area (2).