Electric Blue Tarantula

Tarantulas

MOQ 20

Partners Only

12 – 15 cm legspan

Old-World tarantula with no urticating hairs. Medically significant venom — bite causes strong local pain, swelling and cramping. Fast and bite-prone; advanced keepers only.

Endemic to coastal mangrove and adjacent evergreen forest of Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand (type locality Takua Pa District, ~5 – 60 m). Lives in tree hollows and ground burrows. Vivid structural blue-violet colour.

Insects and other arthropods. Nocturnal ambush predator from its silk-lined retreat.

26 – 30 °C ambient — 24 °C cool end

75 – 85 %. Keep substrate moist (not wet) with a water dish; reflects its humid mangrove origin.

None required (nocturnal).

Crickets, roaches and locusts. Slings 2 – 3× weekly; adults every 7 – 10 days.

Fossorial/opportunistic — 15 – 20 cm of moist substrate plus a vertical cork tube over a 25 × 25 cm footprint. Prolific webber.

Highly defensive and fast; will bite rather than flee if disturbed. Observational only.