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However they were recently examined by Germany’s Theraphosid Research Team and determined that they are indeed Thrixopelma pruriens

-Sometimes males are mature

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It’s possible that this is just a unknown or undescribed species

Males of this species have some brilliant purple iridescent colors upon maturity

Lasiodora klugi 1/4” checkout_work However they were recently examinedsize 1 4 One of the largest genera on earth nearly rivaling the size of Theraphosa species. Described in 1841 by German Arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch. These spiders can get 9 as adults and grow at alarming rates. One of the prettier in the genus, Lasiodora klugi gets some nice red abdominal hairs. Easy to keep terrestrial spider.