Meet Beauty she is one of our newer tarantulas in
our collection or should I say Cory’s.
The cobalt blue tarantula or Cyriopagopus lividus
is a species of tarantula which is in the family
Theraphosidae which is native to Myanmar and
over the border into Thailand.
It was originally described as Haplopelma lividum.
The cobalt blue tarantula is a medium-sized tarantula
with a leg span around 13 cm (5 in).
It is noted for its iridescent blue legs and
light gray prosoma and opisthosoma, the latter of
which may contain darker gray chevrons.Males and females
look the same until the ultimate (final) molt of the males.
At this point, the male exhibits sexual dimorphism
in the form of a light tan or bronze coloration and legginess.
Additionally, males gain a palpal bulb on the
pedipalps and tibial apophyses (mating hooks).
The female eventually becomes larger than the
male and lives years longer. The cobalt blue tarantula
is a fossorial species and spends nearly all of its time
in deep burrows of its own construction.
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