# Identify this tarantula

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tarantula/438117>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tarantula/438117 "2008-02-18T16:56:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tarantula/438117/1 "2008-02-18T16:56:24Z")

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Hello arachnid lovers of the SDMB. I just discovered [this tarantula-like spider](http://traktatus.dk/tarantula/tarantel.jpg) (not scary - it is quite small) in the staircase of my building. I was hoping someone here could tell me what species of spider it is. It looks very small, but those wires aren’t as thin as you would suspect. I estimate its length to 4-5 cms.  
I am kind of hoping that it is one of the few tarantulas (if it is a tarantula) native to Denmark, as I have never seen any of those.  
Also - what is it doing in the middle of Copenhagen in the middle of (a quite warm) winter?

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-tarantula/438117/2 "2008-02-18T17:12:48Z")

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The ‘stance’ and the ‘ends’ of the legs look wrong for any tarantula I have ever seen.

“T” stand different than that and the ends of their legs are more blunt or rounded.

YMMV

Not a bug guy, just an country boy.