---
title: "Texas Black Spot Tarantula"
description: "Aphonopelma armada — Insectes et araignées. Aphonopelma armada is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in Texas in the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/texas-black-spot-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Texas Black Spot Tarantula

> Aphonopelma armada — Insectes et araignées. Aphonopelma armada is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in Texas in the United States.

- Scientific name: *Aphonopelma armada*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 409
- Wikidata: [Q2133132](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2133132)
- iNaturalist taxon: [500204](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/500204)

## Names

- en: Texas Black Spot Tarantula
- es: Tarántula texana

## Countries with the most observations

US (259), MX (4)

## Summary

Aphonopelma armada is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in Texas in the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphonopelma_armada

## Photo

![Texas Black Spot Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/texas-black-spot-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Clint Hail · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219226140

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/texas-black-spot-tarantula?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).