The New Million Dollar Spider? Simaetha sp
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There’s some furor over The Simaetha species, a purple and gold jumping spider of Thailand. There are roughly eighteen species within Simaetha currently, it’s classified as a True Spider more on True Spiders can be found here Of Spiders & Men. According to one source the entire genre of Simaetha is native to the Australasian region with the only exception being S. castanea native to Africa.
Spider keepers everywhere will no doubt be looking to add this beautiful species to their collection. What would you pay to own one? Let us know on our FanPage!