Discovered an extremely rare giant 8-eye spider in Mexico

According to a reporter in Mexico, experts at the National Museum of Natural History of San Diego (SDNHM) in California, USA, have discovered a giant new spider species with 8 eyes in a cave in the La Sierra mountains. de las Carcachilas in the state of Baja California Sur of Mexico.

The spider is dark brown with yellowish belly, hairy legs and sharp like thorns, when stretched to more than 10cm, in particular, it has 8 eyes and poisonous fangs under the eyes responsible for secreting venom to paralyze the prey.

Califorctenus cacachilensis Spider.

SDNHM researchers named the spider Califorctenus cacachilensis . This is a rare spider and can be confirmed as the only species that exists in the upper mountain forest area.

This discovery is the result of a series of expeditions by American experts from 2013 in the mountains of southern Baja California Sur to explore and explore the flora and fauna in this area.

According to Maria Jimenez, a Mexican entomologist, this is a new spider species of the wandering spider family living in the mountains, a species of Brazilian spider that is famous for venom can be deadly.

However, SDNHM experts say Califorctenus cacachilensis's venom is not as strong as that of the Brazilian spider because during transport of the spider from the cave to the city of San Diego, one of them was bitten by spider, but only after few hours the wound is gone.