Texas Tarantula

From my 2016 nature journal...

© Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 30474070 - Texas Brown Tarantula; Hays County, Texas. June 5, 2016.

While enjoying a Sunday morning outdoor breakfast at my parents' home in Driftwood, Texas, my daughter spotted this creepy-crawly scaling the screen of the patio. We gently knocked it down with a pool brush safely into a bucket. After finishing breakfast, I took him down the road for a photo shoot in a more natural setting before releasing him to do what Texas Tarantulas do.

Aphonopelma hentzi, the Texas brown tarantula, is one of the most common species of tarantula thriving in the southern-most United States today. Texas brown tarantulas can grow in excess of a four-inch leg span. The body is dark brown. Shades may vary between individual tarantulas and are more distinct after a molt.

Posted on June 5, 2022 05:33 PM by williamwisephoto