Phormictopus cancerides, known as the Hispaniolan giant tarantula, is a tarantula native to Hispaniola and can be found as far as Brazil. During the day they hide under rocks and debris and come out at night to look for prey. Their fangs are quite formidable at more than 2 centimeters long, and when they pierce the body of its prey, venom is injected which paralyzes and breaks down the internal body tissue, allowing the tarantula to suck up the liquified insides. Its bite is rarely harmful to humans but can cause irritation and swelling. Their most dangerous predator is the pepsis wasp, commonly called the tarantula hawk. It captures the spider in its burrow or sometimes in the open and stings it to paralyze it and then lays its eggs on the abdomen. The wasp will drag its victim to a safe place to incubate its young. Once the larvae hatch they will feed on the alive but paralyzed tarantula until it dies. ・・・ #growninhaiti #haitianbrowntarantula #hispaniolangianttarantula #PhormictopusCancerides #arachnid #spider #tarantula #spidersofhaiti #gentle #notscary #biodiversity #fauna #wildlife #haiti #ayiti #identification https://www.instagram.com/p/B9WWc3KFZlP/?igshid=ihji0nwwmgdq