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Scientific Name: Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens

Common Name: Green Bottle Blue, GBB

Type: Terrestrial / Semi- Arboreal

Category: New World

Endemic Location: Northern Venezuela, Paraguana region

Body Length: 2.75” (7cm)

Diagonal Leg Span (DLS): 6.25” (16cm)

Urticating Hairs: Yes Type III and IV

Growth Rate: medium

Life Expectancy: Females 14 years / Males 4 years

Recommended Experience Level: Beginner

The Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens. Also known as the Green Bottle Blue Tarantula or the GBB. This is a New World, semi-arboreal tarantula that comes from Northern Venezuela, Paraguana region. They are considered to have a medium growth rate and reach a leg span from 4.5-6 in when full grown. Males of this species only live 3 or 4 years but the females can live up to as long as 14 years. These T’s have mild venom and urticating hairs that they wont hesitate to kick if they feel threatened or disturbed. This is a wonderful tarantula, as mine stays out on display most of the time, are gorgeous, and enjoyable to watch. Even though they usually appear docile, they can be very skittish and bolt very quickly. Mine are prone to kick hairs and then quickly dive into their burrows anytime I am spot cleaning their enclosures or adding some water to their dish. This is not a tarantula I would suggest trying to handle. They have an amazing feeding response and quickly pounce and take down prey as soon as it is offered. Like most tarantulas, they will refuse food when in pre-molt. So if your GBB is refusing to eat for weeks or months and is spending a lot of time hiding in its burrow, don’t worry. It is probably in pre-molt and will come back out with a voracious appetite after it molts.

This species is also a very heavy webber and will make a series of intricate tunnels and web up most of its enclosure over time. As mentioned before, these are semi- arboreal T’’s meaning they are both ground and tree dwelling. I set up my GBB enclosures by filling the enclosure about halfway up with substrate (as I have noticed mine sometimes will burrow a little, especially as slings and juveniles) provide a cork bark hide like I would for a terrestrial, and then I add long pieces of cork bark, or branches, and some hanging plants to give the T some anchor points for its webbing and some things it can easily climb vertically. The Green Bottle Blue prefers an arid environment which makes their husbandry very easy. Keep the substrate dry and the water dish full and this T will thrive. Like most tarantulas, this T is fine being kept at room temperature, if you are comfortable, they are comfortable.

As far as feeding, I feed my smallest spiderlings flightless fruit flies or confused flour beetles. As they grow larger I feed them pre-killed small crickets, though these spiderlings get large quick and will be able to take down live small crickets on their own in no time. Juveniles I will feed one or two medium crickets a week...usually a cricket about the size of the tarantulas abdomen or smaller. Overall, this is an amazing spider and one of my all time favorites. It is one of the jewels of my collection and I keep it prominently displayed. I highly recommend adding this species to your collection if you haven't already.

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Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899, also known as “Gooty sapphire ornamental”, “Metallic blue ornamental” or “Gooty tarantula”, is a stunning bird spider due to its coloration and pattern from Southeast India. Gooty in its common name refers to the place where she has been found for the first time, which is wrong since although the animal was caught in the railway timber yard in Gooty, the specimen could have come from a total other area. After decennia she was rediscovered in 2001 in a highly disturbed forest between Nandyal and Giddalur. The Poecilotheria-genus is well-equiped with distinctive colors and patterns, although Poecilotheria metallica is easily distinguished from the others by its metallic blue coloration. The bird spider is a true showpiece in the hobby, smuggled plenty of times to America and Europe. This in combination with a shrinking habitat, makes that the spider is locally critically endangered. In order to save the species, please don’t buy wild caught Poecilotheria metallica, but get them from successful breeders (source). Intriguing about the genus is their typical resting pose. With the first two leg pairs forward, the last two leg pairs backward and an angry look, they’re sending a clear message: “Don’t come too close!”

Tarantula
Tarantulas give people the creeps because they have large, hairy bodies and legs. While these large spiders can take a painful bite out of a human, a tarantula's venom has a low toxicity to people.

COMMON NAME: Tarantulas
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Theraphosidae
DIET: Carnivore
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: Up to 30 years
SIZE: 4.75 inches long; leg span: up to 11 inches
WEIGHT: 1 to 3 ounces

Tarantulas move slowly on their eight hairy legs, but they are accomplished nocturnal predators. Insects are their main prey, but they also target bigger game, including frogs, toads, and mice. Tarantulas are burrowers and typically live in the ground.

There are hundreds of tarantula species found in most of the world's tropical, subtropical, and desert regions. They vary in color and behavior according to their specific environments. A tarantula doesn't use a web to trap its prey, though it may spin a trip wire to signal an alert when something approaches its burrow. These spiders grab with their legs, inject paralyzing venom, and then bite their prey with their fangs. They also secrete digestive enzymes to liquefy their victims' bodies so that they can suck them up through their strawlike mouth openings. Yum!

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