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Puerto Rican Pinktoe Tarantula

Caribena laeta

Classification

Order
Araneae

Caribena laeta is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, the last dubiously according to Caroline Fukushima and Rogério Bertani in 2017. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1842 under the name Mygale laeta. Description Females live from 10 to 12 years, while males only live 3 to 4.

Distribution

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