Aphonopelma moderatum (4 FH)

Aphonopelma moderatum ist

eine Spinnenart aus der Familie der Theraphosidae, die in den

Vereinigten Staaten im Bundesstaat Texas vorkommt. Allgemein als Rio

Grande Gold Tarantula bezeichnet, da sie im Rio Grande Valley in Texas

zu finden sind.

Females live around 22 to 40 years. They own an orange to tan carapace with a slightly darker opisthosoma. The legs are mainly orange, beginning with an orange femur, with a black patella, followed by an orange tibia, while the tarsus and metatarsus are fully black.

Males live around 7 years, owning a dark brown carapace, with a black opisthosoma covered by dark orange hairs. While the legs are completely black.