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Spiders

Caption

This is a comparison of the largest and the smallest tarantula species in the United States. These are adult females of Aphonopelma anax (L) from Texas and Aphonopelma paloma (R) from Arizona.

Credit

Dr. Brent Hendrixson (A. anax) and Dr. Chris A. Hamilton (A. paloma)

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