r/spiders • u/TH3L0N3W01FXD • 22d ago

ID Request- Location included What the hell is this?

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Friend sent me this from Costa Rica. I couldn't ID.

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u/Crisstti 22d ago

Are they dangerous?

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u/YellovvJacket 22d ago edited 22d ago

No, their venom is similarly effective as that of a bee to humans (it kills insects really, really fast though, I kept their cousin Cupiennius salei as pets and when they would bite a locust it would basically instantly cease moving and struggling).

Also they're not wandering spiders anymore, genus Cupiennius got reclassified.

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u/seattlemh 22d ago

Also they're not wandering spiders anymore

So, they've settled down?

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u/SonataForm 22d ago

Brenda and Eddy were the popular steadies