Nick Garbutt / Colombian Purple Bloom Tarantula (Xenesthis immanis) with human hand for scale (leg span 22-23cm). Paujil Nature Reserve, Magdalena Valley, Colombia, South America.

Nick Garbutt / Colombian Purple Bloom Tarantula (Xenesthis immanis), Paujil Nature Reserve, Magdalena Valley, Colombia, South America.

Michael D. Kern / Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula (Monocentropus balfouri) captive from Yemen

Michael D. Kern / Blue Bloom Birdeater spider {Pamphobeteus nigricolor} male, captive from Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia, Peru

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Purple tarantula spider {Monocentropus balfouri}, Wadi Ayhaft, Socotra Island, Yemen

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Purple tarantula spider {Monocentropus balfouri}, Wadi Ayhaft, Socotra Island, Yemen

Robert Pickett / Purple pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia purpurea), Ecuador. Endemic to Amazonas, Ecuador.