Brachypelma klaasi
(Mexican Pink Tarantula)

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

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Mexican Pink Tarantula

Author

(Schmidt & Krause, 1994)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Brachypelma klaasi (Mexican Pink Tarantula), 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 1 sightings because of certain Brachypelma klaasi sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Brachypelma klaasi spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Brachypelma klaasi has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Ground layer (1). Open field, pasture, grassland (1).