A new species of tarantula has been discovered in Thailand, one of the rarest colors found in nature.
It’s blue-violet with metallic blue hairs on its legs, chelicerae (the fang-like mouthparts) and top of its carapace.
And it looks electrical-blue.
Wait, what?
Did someone say sparkly purple?
Yeah, this thing is blue.
But wait, scientists have just invented a new family of spiders.
They’re called Chilobrachys natanicharum sp. nov., named after two Lahu children who won an auction to name the new tarantulas.
More on this in Zookeys .
The team describes how they collected the specimen and compared it to other known related species.
Next, they describe the hunkers, which are hollows in trees and burrows on land.
And now for the big news: destruction of the natural habitat where this
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