Ornithoctoninae sp. “Vietnam Silver” 3/4”

Ornithoctoninae sp. “Vietnam Silver” 3/4”size 3 4 This beautiful fossorial species went from rare to quite common fairly quickly. Adults are around 6 inches from what Ive heard and have an awesome silvery blue shine to them. Little info is out there on this undescribed Vietnamese species but Im excited to grow these out myself and get photos of the striking adults.

José Paulo Leite Guadanucci &Ray Gabriel

However they were recently examined by Germany’s Theraphosid Research Team and determined that they are indeed Thrixopelma pruriens

For breeds with larger chests

The species name “cerrado” comes from the type locality in the Brazilian savanna’s

Can be a difficult species to find at times

One of my favorite Asian arboreal species

back in early 2020

So caution should be taking while working with them

these spiders were described in 1897 by Reginald Innes Pocock

The colors are the most vibrant in juveniles and sub adults

this is a legendary species from Venezuela

This is an undescribed species of Phormictopus that is sometimes sold as Phormictopus cautus