Habitat
The geuns Phoneutria is found in southern Central
America, and down throughout most of
South America including east of the Andes and down into Argentina.
Specifically P. fera is restricted to the Brazilian
rainforest area, as well as the more urban areas of Brazil but
also up
into
northern South America. This spider has a wandering nature which
commonly causes it to find cover in dark places during the day
time which may result sometimes in them taking refuge in houses,
clothes, cars, shoes, food boxes, and brush piles. These spiders
are thought to be native to Sao Paulo, Brazil but were then
introduced to new habitats by transported wood. In the map
provided the red area shows the habitat of the
Phoneutria genus while the purple area shows the more
refined habitat of the P. fera, however other species of
Phoneutria live in these areas as well.
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