Long shot, but does (or did) anyone on here have a female salmon-pink tarantula (lasiodora parahybana)? I'd love to hear about your experience with/of it.
How big is it, and how much does it weigh? Have you ever held it in your hands, and if so, what is it like to hold? What is its personality like? Cautious or adventurous, active or mostly sitting still, for example.
Photos or video welcome.
#KnowledgeBit: Poecilotheria metallica, also known as the #Peacock #Tarantula, is an Old World species of tarantula. It is the only blue species of the genus Poecilotheria. Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal-like pattern on the abdomen.
It has been classified as Critically #Endangered by the IUCN.
This amazing creature has a fittingly amazing name: the psychedelic earth tiger, also known as the Indian rainbow #tarantula. It appears on Fauna & Flora’s 10 species to watch in 2026, a list of animals the conservation charity is hoping to protect. The list also includes extremely venomous vipers, a highly prized falcon and a guitarfish which looks like it has been sewn together from two different species in a “misguided scientific experiment.”
#Photography: Mithun Das/CLP/Fauna & Flora/PA
