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Origin:
West Indies to Brazil
Genus Meaning:
(Greek), thief(?) + place
Species meaning:
(Latin, Greek), hard (crab shell)

Phormictopus cancerides
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Haitian brown (Latreille 1806)

Males display beautiful purplish pattern while females are bronze and reaching 9". This extremely leggy spider is very aggressive.

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