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I live just south of Houston, TX, and want to provide the best setup for an as-yet-unidentified Aphonpelma sp. I am going to try to round up a female from the same area that a friend collected the male from. The male was gifted to me a couple weeks ago.
I am fairly certain this is an Aphonopelma sp. The problem is, which one? Is there a tarantula ID key, or some way to ID this guy? Is he going to object if I pick him up? How in the heck do I a take a picture of him without letting him loose in the house?
I've only ever owned a Chilean Rosehair...
Back in 2011, I was living in Vancouver, Washington.
My son excitedly brought home a tarantula from a friend's house. Neither of us had ever had a tarantula before, so we googled.
The friend said his mother insisted he could not get any more spiders until he got rid of at least one.
The one...