'Greenbottle blue' tarantula
Images copyright by Mark A. Chappell

This large and colorful tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) can move very quickly, as I discovered when taking these pictures.   It's native to dry forests in Venezuela (this freshly-molted one is a captive).

digital captures, Canon 1D Mk. II, 100 mm Canon macro lens, ring-flash (2006)