Brachypelma smithi
(Mexican Red-knee Tarantula)

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

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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

Other Common Names

Mexican Red-knee Tarantula

Author

(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Brachypelma smithi (Mexican Red-knee Tarantula), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 14, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Brachypelma smithi sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 0% of the time, Brachypelma smithi spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Brachypelma smithi has been sighted 3 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (1). Forest (1).