Please hepl identify

[bebitte]

Found this tarantula in my room in Nicaragua. Would like to identify it and care for it. Is it a ground tarantula?

 

[Chubbs]

If you found it wandering around in the open, it is likely a mature male looking for a mate. They don't last very long to begin with, so it's best just to let him go about his business. Personally I am against taking them out of the wild regardless, so even if it wasn't a mature male, I'd still just release it.

 

[Bugmom]

If you found it wandering around in the open, it is likely a mature male looking for a mate. They don't last very long to begin with, so it's best just to let him go about his business. Personally I am against taking them out of the wild regardless, so even if it wasn't a mature male, I'd still just release it.

I agree, this is almost certainly a mature male. He will live less than a year, maybe even a few more weeks or months.

 

[Scoolman]

Mature male, release him.
Tarantulas are insectivores, they eat other insects, and in some cases even small lizards and rodents. The piece of banana you have in there will be of no interst to the tarantula.

 

[Bugmom]

Lol, I didn't even notice the banana!

 

[kormath]

Lol, I didn't even notice the banana!

Me either. I had to go back and look

 

[Chubbs]

Neither did I lmao.

 

[RedCapTrio]

And I kept thinking "why the hell do you have a banana in there?" LMAO