Facts lifespan care feeding breeding the poecilotheria metallica is a special kind of tarantula.
Gooty sapphire ornamental lifespan.
It is the only blue species of the genus poecilotheria.
A lone male in captivity matured after about 18 months.
It takes a female about 2 to 2 5 years to fully mature while male spiders take about 1 5 years to mature.
Like most poecilotherias you can expect a healthy female to live to around 12 years and males up to 4 years.
Gooty sapphire ornamental tree spider gooty tarantula gooty sapphire peacock parachute spider metallic tarantula peacock tarantula lifespan males.
Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal like pattern on the abdomen.
They grow relatively quickly.
The gooty ornamental gooty sapphire and peacock parachute spider to name just three.
12 years distribution india andhra pradesh.
3 to 4 years females.
Its habitat is very humid and can be found in central southern india.
Poecilotheria metallica goes by a variety of different common names.
The species natural habitat is deciduous forest in andhra pradesh in.
Female spiders can live up to 4 times longer than the males while males live up to about 12 years.
On average most females will live more likely as many as 10 12 years in captivity.
It is hard to believe this is actually how.
A male will not reach that age since mating usually allows them 3 4 years tops.
Much like its name the gooty sapphire ornamental has a stunning base colour of metallic blue bright yellow stripes on the legs and blond starburst design.
The female is the clear winner between the two sexes and can live up to 15 years.
Metallica was orginally discovered in a railway timber yard in a town called gooty located in central.
Peocilotheria metallica is considered one of the most beautiful tarantulas in the world combining the intricate patterning of other poecilotheria species with a metallic blue sheen.