🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

The curly hair tarantula has a round body covered with long bristles that have a slight curl—hence the spider's common name. Most of the bristles are a dark brown to black color, but some are golden. This gives the spider an overall bronze sheen.

Curly hair tarantulas are ground-dwelling, burrowing spiders native to Central America—more specifically, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In the wild, they can be found in tropical rainforests, and they’re threatened by habitat loss.

If they feel threatened, curly hair tarantulas also might use their defense mechanisms. They can kick hairs off their abdomens that irritate a person's skin and cause damage if they get in your eyes.