This RARE species is one of the most beautiful tarantulas of Chile. They are hardy, colorful, long-lived and easy to care for. Great for beginners. E. vulpinus is definitely one of the cutting edge species from Chile. Some hobbyists that have grown up the handful of spiderlings that came in from Europe in 2005-2006 or bought a few adults from tarantulaspiders.com in 12/07 grew very fond of this awesome tarantula. Captive-born spiderlings are RARELY made available to the hobby, so don't pass up this opportunity to obtain some. Discount pricing is availalbe when buying in bulk. Inquire.

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTIONS: AUTHOR & DATE: Karsch 1880
RANGE: Southern Chile (Nothofagus forest)
HABITAT: Assumed to be scrub/grasslands. Possibly forest edge.
TYPE: Burrowing
COLOR/PATTERN/APPEARANCE: Dark carapace with greenish/yellow hairs on the sides, leggy with long, pinkish-orange leg hairs and unique look to the pinkish/orange adominal hairs too.
MAXIMUM SIZE: 5.5 cm body length
TEMPERATURE: 64F - 84F
HUMIDITY: 70%-80%
TANK SETUP: Adults can be housed in 10 gal. tanks with 4"-6" deep "Cocosoft" substrate or peat moss, shallow and wide water dish. Cork bark or resin plastic shelter.
FEEDING REQUIREMENTS: Spiderlings under 1" should be fed wingless fruit flies, termites and pin-head crickets 2-3 times a week. Large spiderlings over 1.5" to 2.5" juveniles should be fed twice a week 1/4"-3/4" crickets, baby roaches or meal worms. 3"+ Sub-adults/adults once a week medium to large cricket (2-3), medium-sized roaches (1-2).
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Mist tank once a week with fine water mist to keep humidity around 60%-80%. Change water dish whenever fouled or at least 1-2 times a week. Substrate can be keep fairly dry if water is present in the dish.
DISPOSITION: Docile. They can kick urticating hairs, go into threat display and bite if distrurbed. I don't recommend handling tarantulas, but this is a fairly calm species and one could with a particularily docile individual.
VENOM EFFECTS: Unknown. Assumed to be medically insignificant though like most tarantulas.
GROWTH RATE: Medium. Assumed that males take 3-4 yrs. to mature and females mature in 4-6 yrs.
LONGEVITY: Males 4- 5 yrs. and females 18-25+ yrs.
BREEDING REMARKS: Unknown and/or not documented well so far.
NUMBER OF EGGS: Assumed around 400 to 800+.

Extremely rare! These were last seen in the U.S. hobby back in the mid 1990s in limited numbers. Todd Gearheart brought in a handful of adults 12/13/07. Overall, they are dark being blackish-gray with orange leg striping, a swirling golden carapace and beautiful, metallic blue femurs! Not very aggressive, more skittish, they have a leggy appearance. A serious collector's dream species!

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION: AUTHOR & DATE:
RANGE: North Chile
HABITAT: scrub/savanna (?)
TYPE: Opportunistic burrowing species
COLOR/PATTERN/APPEARANCE: Overall, it has slender legs. It exhibits nice orange leg striping, black spines on the legs, mirror patch abdomen, femurs are black, but under natureal light, a beautiful metallic blue sheen can be seen, gray carapace with a metallic sheen under natural light and a black abdomen with short, orange hairs.
MAXIMUM SIZE: 6.5 cm body length/6" legspan
TEMPERATURE: 22C to 30C
HUMIDITY: 40% -60%
TANK SETUP: Adults can be housed in 5 to 10 gal. tanks with 4"-6" deep "Cocosoft" substrate or peat moss, shallow and wide water dish. Cork bark or resin plastic shelter.
FEEDING REQUIREMENTS: Spiderlings/juvs twice a week small cricket (1-2). Sub-adults/adults once a week medium to large cricket (2-3), roaches (1-2) or pinkie mouse or rat pup.
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Mist tank 1-2 times a week with fine water mist to keep humidity around 80%. Change water dish whenever fouled or at least 1-2 times a week.
DISPOSITION: Semi-aggressive to skittish. Do not free handle. It may kick urticating hairs, go into threat display and bite if distrurbed.
VENOM EFFECTS: Unknown. Assumed to be medically insignificant though like most tarantulas.
GROWTH RATE: Medium. Males mature in 2 to 3 yrs. Females in 3 to 5 yrs.
LONGEVITY: Males: 3 to 5 yrs. Females: 12 to 18+ yrs.
BREEDING REMARKS: Unknown. As of May 2008, this species has never been produced as captive-born in the U.S. hobby.
NUMBER OF EGGS: 400 to 600

RARE! World's largest arboreal. This species can achieve 9"-10" legspans. Thick-legged and heavy-bodied compared to other species in this genus. Green and khaki overall with nice markings on the legs and chevron pattern on the abdomen. CB 3/4"-1"

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Dolomedes albineus “White-banded Fishing Spider”, WC, body size 15-24mm ,(T/F/A), Rarely collected! Beautiful species with greenish-gray carapace, grayish-white legs with black spines and some dark leg bands on the lower legs. Beautiful chevron markings on the abdomen. Has wide, white bands on the sides of the carapace. Anterior region is raised higher than the rest of it’s carpace. Found on tree trunks spring to autumn. Unsexed juveniles to adults are made available. Inquire.

This is one of the rarest and of high demand tarantulas in our hobby. In my opinion, the adult females are the most "docile" in the genus being more calm than P. antinous and P. vespertinus. They are very stocky being built similar to P. fortis.

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION: AUTHOR & DATE: Pocock, 1903
RANGE: Colombia
HABITAT: Lowland Rainforest
TYPE: Opportunistic burrower
COLOR/PATTERN/APPEARANCE: Stocky appearance. Chestnut to a reddish-brown overall with olive leg and abdominal hairs. Males on maturity are stunning with a deep purple coloration inside the leg femurs and on the carapace with a starburst patten.
MAXIMUM SIZE: 8.5"
TEMPERATURE: 75F-85F day with drops no lower than 60F at night.
HUMIDITY: 80%
TANK SETUP: Adults can be housed in 10 gal. tanks with 4"-6" deep a mixture of "Coco Husk" and "Cocosoft" substrate or peat moss, shallow and wide water dish. Cork bark or resin plastic shelter.
FEEDING REQUIREMENTS: Spiderlings/juvs twice a week small cricket (1-2). Sub-adults/adults once a week medium to large cricket (2-3), roaches (1-2) or pinkie mouse or rat pup.
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Mist tank 1-2 times a week with fine water mist to keep humidity around 80%. Change water dish whenever fouled or at least 1-2 times a week.
DISPOSITION: Semi-ggressive. Do not free handle. Will kick urticating hairs, go into threat display and bite if distrurbed. (CB adult females do calm down and it is my opinion that this species is the calmest in the genus generally.)
VENOM EFFECTS: Unknown. Assumed to be medically insignificant though like most tarantulas.
GROWTH RATE: Fast. Males mature in 1.5 yrs. Females in 2.5-3 yrs.
LONGEVITY: Males live 2.5 to 3 yrs. Females live 12-18 yrs.
BREEDING REMARKS: It is assumed like most species in this genus that breeding is gentle and easy, but getting a female to lay a fertile sac and incubate it successfully is the challenge. The few fertile sacs that have hatched out successfully have beein in Germany so far.
NUMBER OF EGGS: Not reported to-date, but assumed around 140.

Rarely collected. This beautiful species is a type of wolf spider found on the edge of beach areas of Florida.

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Beautiful and rarely found species, unique for a wolf spider in that it makes a “funnel web” in shrubs. A beautifully-marked species! An aggressive feeder that's fun to watch, they will grow fast and make a great display species.

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(Sold in error by many as Pamphobeteus platyomma or even worse, Vitalius platyomma “Brazilian Pink”. It is not either. It is an undescribed species in the Pamphobeteus genus.)

Rare! This species is from Ecuador, not Brazil. Spiderlings have orange abdomens with black Xmas tree patterns. Chestnut brown overall with pinkish-red highlights, males mature out “cobalt pink” and females can be very stocky/heavy-bodied and grow to 9” legspans (I saw a female at the BTS show of 1999 that took best in show for New World Terrestrials that was a beefy 9" legspan!) They have been found on Parrot mountain in NW Ecuador on the way to the border with Colombia. Of all the Pamphobeteus spp. made available to our hobby, it is the most readily available. It has proven to be a very hardy spider in captivity as well. Spiderlings and juveniles have reddish-orange abdomens with a black "Xmas" tree pattern. They lose that around 3". Aggressive and a hair-flicker, they are not for minor or beginners. Captive-born females tend to calm down after a few years. The genus as a whole is very, very popular with hobbyists as many of its species make excellent "display" tarantula rarely burrowing or webbing much, always active, great feeders, grow quick and get to large sizes and the mature males are stunning in color!

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION: AUTHOR & DATE: Not described as of 3/26/08
RANGE: NW Ecuador and possibly Colombian and Brazil
HABITAT: Lowland Rainforest
TYPE: Terrestrial
COLOR/PATTERN/APPEARANCE: Chestnut brown, sometimes two-toned with pinkish highlights. Mature males are stunning with a purplish/pinkish bloom on its carapace and inside the femurs.
MAXIMUM SIZE: Mature males can achieve 7" legspans. Females have been known to achieve 9" legspans and be very heavy-bodied.
TEMPERATURE: 75F-85F day with drops no lower than 60F at night.
HUMIDITY: 80%
TANK SETUP: Adults can be housed in 10 gal. tanks with 4"-6" deep "Cocosoft" substrate or peat moss, shallow and wide water dish. Cork bark or resin plastic shelter.
FEEDING REQUIREMENTS: Spiderlings/juvs twice a week small cricket (1-2). Sub-adults/adults once a week medium to large cricket (2-3), roaches (1-2) or pinkie mouse or rat pup.
WATER REQUIREMENTS: Mist tank 1-2 times a week with fine water mist to keep humidity around 80%. Change water dish whenever fouled or at least 1-2 times a week.
DISPOSITION: Aggressive. Do not free handle. Will kick urticating hairs, go into threat display and bite if distrurbed.
VENOM EFFECTS: Unknown. Assumed to be medically insignificant though like most tarantulas.
GROWTH RATE: Fast. Males mature in 1.5 yrs. Females in 2.5-3 yrs.
LONGEVITY: Males live 2-3 yrs. Females 12 to 18.
BREEDING REMARKS: Breeding pair is very gentle with each other during courtship and many times even after mating. Obtaining fertile sacs is the difficulty. This species is breed successfully more often than any other Pamphobeteus sp. though.
NUMBER OF EGGS: 140-240

RARE adult female!!! One of the world's largest tarantulas! Capable of 10" legspans and over 4.5 ounce body weights! Stocky, rainforest terrestrial that makes and an excellent "display" species rarely webbing or burrowing. A true "Monster" of a spider! CB, 8"

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