[3] Sericopelma embrithes was first described by researchers Ralph Vary Chamberlin and Wilton Ivie in 1936 on Barro Colorado Island.

[5] Sericopelma embrithes inhabit the tropical, moist lowland heavily forested Barro Colorado Island.

The Island typically receives about 2,623 mm of rainfall per year with average daily temperatures reaching 32°C.

[7] The damming redirected river flow which consequently caused flooding, permanently destroying parts of the area.

[2] They have black legs with gray hairs on the dorsal trochanters, and two parallel, light-colored, longitudinal lines on the patellae.