Into the caves of the East Region.

The first spider it's a beautiful species wide spread

throughout the tropics of the world but it's the first 

one I found in all these years of research. 

Zosis geniculata from the family Uloboridae. 

It's about 7 mm in body lenght, 18 mm with legs. 

The male it's extremely small, only 2 millimeters. 

Next spider it was a big surprise and emotion, other new

discovery, a small member of the family Segestriidae,

probably from the genus Ariadna.

Unfortunately I didn't find any male. This female it was only 8 mm.

The last spider it's the Loxosceles caribbaea from the

family Sicariidae. The female reach 8 mm and the male 6 mm,

both sexes have the same color.

They are very dangerous to humans for their strong venom.

Theraphosidae, Phormictopus atrichomatus

Theraphosidae

Subfamily: Theraphosinae

This is the most common Tarantula from Dominican Republic,

the color vary from brown to black, with golden or bronze

pubescences on legs and cephalothorax, with reddish hairs on the

abdomen. The maximum body size it's 85 mm for the 

female and 65 mm for the male.

Theraphosidae, Phormictopus sp. Purpura

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae

La hembra puede alcanzar un tamaño del cuerpo de 90mm
y 220mm con las patas, el macho 65mm de cuerpo y 230mm con las patas.

Un juvenil después de la primera muda

El mismo después de la segunda muda.

Machos adultos.

Hembras adultas

Un pequeño macho que alcanzó la madurez
solo después de 9 mudas...