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What speices of spider is this?

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This Spider was found in an area of Portugal hiding in a crate of bananas imported from Brazil in South America. One person was bitten by this spider. What speices of spider is this? Could they survive the the winter and summer months in Portugal

http://www.spiderzrule.com/spider207/P.%20nigriventer%20female-2.JPG

http://www.spiderzrule.com/spider207/P.%20nigriventer%20female-1.JPG

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  1. It"s a Brazilian wandering spider. highly venomous..cam survive in Portugal.


  2. Look at the title of the picture, it gives you the name.

    It's a Brazilian Wandering Spider (P.nigriventer).

    EDIT: Highly poisonous too.

  3. Brazilian wandering spider

    The Brazilian wandering spiders (Phoneutria spp.), Armed spiders ("aranhas armadeiras", as they are known in Portuguese) or banana spiders (not to be confused with the relatively harmless species of the genus Nephila) are a genus of aggressive and highly venomous spiders found in tropical South and Central America. These spiders are members of the Ctenidae family of wandering spiders.

    The Brazilian wandering spiders appear in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous animal and is the spider considered directly responsible for most human deaths due to envenomations from a spider bite.

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