California Tarantula Animal Pictures

Aphonopelma californicum

© Chris A. Hamilton, Brent E. Hendrixson, Jason E. Bond / Creative Commons – License / Original

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Aphonopelma eutylenum female

California Ebony Tarantula — © Chris A. Hamilton, Brent E. Hendrixson, Jason E. Bond / Creative Commons — License (Original)

Female California ebony tarantulas can live up to 25 years of age

Mt Diablo, Contra Costa County, California, USA.

California Tarantula — © iStock.com/yhelfman

California tarantulas are solitary animals and live by themselves except when it is time to find a mate.

Camouflaged California Tarantula male adult looking for a female during mating season. Joseph Grant County Park, Santa Clara County, California, USA.

California Tarantula — © iStock.com/yhelfman

California tarantulas eat mostly insects but will also eat small lizards, frogs and mice.