Hysterocrates gigas 1.5” checkout_work One of my favorite arboreal

One of my favorite arboreal tarantulas

Aka the Electric blue tarantula

These easy to keep and breed spiders have become sporadicly over the last few years

Günter Schmidt in honor of Jean Michel Verdez who was the first to consider this a new Brachypelma (Tliltocatl now) species

These terrestrial spiders were described in 1806 by French zoologist Pierre-André Latreille

Hysterocrates gigas 1.5” checkout_work One of my favorite arborealsize 1. 5 Everyones favorite brown spider. Reaching 6 inches as adults; these spiders use their powerful hind legs to dig extensive tunnel systems in which they live in. Theres is some controversy about how much this species likes to swim as Ive heard for years how much they love the water. However 30 years later Ive yet to see a video of one that wasnt gently nudged in the water, and the rumors of them hunting fish underwater are unfounded. These