Meet the Persian Gold Tarantula: a new species discovery just on time for Tarantula Appreciation Day 2023

The Persian Gold Tarantula is a newly described species recently discovered in northwestern Iran. In fact, the “woolly, golden hairs” the scientists examined on a single specimen, were one of the features so unique that it was not necessary for additional individuals to be collected and physically studied. It was clear enough that it was a species previously unknown to the scientific community. The new spider was described in the peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal ZooKeys on the observance of the Tarantula Appreciation Day: 8th August.