Photo : Pink Toed Tarantula

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30 Sep

The Pink Toed Tarantula also known as Pink-toed Tree Spider and they are found in Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil, Trinidad, Martinique, and throughout the Amazon Basin.Guyana also exports pink toed spiders.

They are small size tarantula with long dense hairs. Females reach about 13 cm but male reaches only 9 cm. They are beautiful and furry species and they are available in dark black to metallic gray. Their most distinguishing feature is that they have beautiful pink tip to each foot. They live between 4 to 8 years but it will take 2 to 3 years to become fully mature. They are aggressive feeder and they eat variety of insect. Their most favorite insects are grasshoppers, roaches, crickets and wax moths. They can easily survive in human make environment. Temperature should be between 78° to 82° F with a humidity level of 65 to 75%. It’s fun to keep them as a pet. They are funny and they like to stay in groups. They don’t strike like other tarantula species. They lay 45 to 200 eggs and eggs hatches in six to eight weeks.

Pink Toed Tarantula

Pink Toed Tarantula can easily jump from your hand so whenever you keep them in hands handle them with care. Humidity level is important for their growth and adjusting in the human made environment. You can spray water after 5 to 10 days to maintain Humidity level. Put some plants in the cage to give them a natural environment.

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