Morley Read / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia) on leaf, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia) retreating into its nest, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia) retreating into its nest, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nick Garbutt / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), female waiting in ambush outside daytime lair in palm tree trunk. Heath River, Tambopata / Bahuaja-Sonene Reserves, Amazonia, Peru / Bolivia border.

Nick Garbutt / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia avicularia), female waiting in ambush outside daytime lair in palm tree trunk. Heath River, Tambopata / Bahuaja-Sonene Reserves, Amazonia, Peru / Bolivia border.

MYN / JP Lawrence / Pink-toed tarantula (Avicularia sp.) Matoury, French Guiana Meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Garbutt / Colombian Pink-toed Tarantula (Avicularia metallica) in defensive posture, Paujil Nature Reserve, Magdalena Valley, Colombia, South America.

Konrad Wothe / Pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) emerging from web, in tropical rainforest, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America.

Konrad Wothe / Pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia) on tree trunk n tropical rainforest, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America.

MYN / JP Lawrence / Pink-Toed Tarantula (Avicularia sp.) Matoury, French Guiana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael D. Kern / Metallic pinktoe /white toe tarantuala (Avicularia metallica)ventral view captive from Colombia

Michael D. Kern / Pink toed tarantula {Avicularia avicularia} captive, occurs South America and Southern Caribbean