Cyriopagopus lividus

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.