Cobalt Blue Tarantula

Tarantulas

MOQ 20

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12 – 14 cm legspan

Old-World venom — no urticating hairs. Medically significant: a bite delivers intense pain, swelling and muscle cramping. Defensive; treat with respect.

Humid lowland forest and jungle clearings of Myanmar and adjacent western Thailand. A fossorial species that builds deep silk-lined burrows; famed for iridescent cobalt-blue legs. 0 – 600 m.

Insects and other arthropods ambushed at the burrow entrance. Nocturnal sit-and-wait predator.

26 – 30 °C ambient — 24 °C cool end

75 – 85 %. Keep deep substrate moist with a drier surface; water dish and good ventilation. Colour shows best at higher humidity.

None required (nocturnal).

Crickets, roaches and locusts. Slings every 4 – 5 days; adults every 7 – 10 days.

Fossorial — 15 – 20 cm of packed moist substrate for deep burrows, plus a cork-bark starter hide. Min 25 × 25 cm footprint.

Defensive, fast and reclusive — spends most of its life underground and will threat-pose or bite if disturbed. Hands-off display species.