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Bernard Sanden | all galleries >> Galleries >> Boulder Creek > Large Tarantula (note mountain in photo for scale)
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23-NOV-2006

Large Tarantula (note mountain in photo for scale)

Olympus C-50Z
1/125s f/5.6 at 23.4mm iso80 full exif

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Karen Moen24-Oct-2007 08:11
This was probably a male looking for a female's lair. They usually die by the end of the year. The female, however, lives quite a bit longer and she hides below ground. Great shot. Our west Texas tarantulas are much darker--almost black. Voted.