#Labidognatha

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Marengo batheryensis

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Photo from the haus des meeres in Vienna. I think it’s a tarantula but which type is beyond me. ( @onenicebugperday do you think you could help me ID this one?)

In the meantime, have some facts about tarantulas from Britannica:  Tarantulas are mygalomorphs (suborder Orthognatha), and thus they have jaws that move forward and down (rather than sideways and together, which is characteristic of araneomorphs [suborder Labidognatha]). Tarantulas are distinguished from other mygalomorphs by a collection of traits that include not only their size and hairiness but also their two pairs of book lungs and their three-segmented spinnerets