Lou
Location : Home Join date : 2011-07-05 Posts : 45066 Age : 53
| Subject: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:42 pm | |
| Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tree Spider !!! The Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tree Spider Poecilotheria metallica, a striking arboreal spider from India, and is creating quite a stir. An adult Gooty Sapphire tarantula has an incredible metallic blue colorations on its carapace, abdomen, and legs. Juveniles have a somewhat lavender hue color, but as it grows the lavender fades and is replaced by the bea utiful hues of blue. The males are even more intensely colored blue tarantulas than the females. Metallic Blue Ornamental Tree Spiders are hardy, and relatively fast growing. Mature specimens can have a leg span of about 6-8 inches (14 - 15-20 cm). Females can live up to 12 years. As with all tarantulas, males have a much shorter lifespan, living only a fourth to a third as long as females. This tarantula is a very defensive species, and therefore aggressive. It should be housed individually and not be handled A bite can be medically significant for some people. P. metallica was originally discovered in the railway timber yard in a town called Gooty, located in central southern India. This led to the common name Gooty Tarantula. It was then rediscovered in in the forest between Nandyal and Giddalur in 2001, after a time lapse of 102 years. There are a number of common names it is known by today, including Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tree Spider, Gooty Sapphire, Metallic Blue Ornamental Tree Spider, Metallic Tarantula, Peacock Parachute Spider, Peacock Tarantula, and Salepurgu [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] | |
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dovaston Admin
Location : The Sadist's Special Pet Cage Join date : 2011-07-06 Posts : 22853 Age : 67
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:45 pm | |
| Beautiful....amazing colour x | |
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Gaga
Location : Glitter Way! Join date : 2012-02-18 Posts : 22983 Age : 27
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:04 am | |
| KILL IT! | |
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fionac Rescue Committee/Carer
Location : Liverpool Join date : 2011-08-07 Posts : 14978 Age : 46
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Tue Nov 20, 2012 9:01 am | |
| Aww, beautiful! They used to have an Indian Ornamental spider at one of the museums I work in. Not a blue one, but she was still very beautiful. Her name was Clem. ....after one of the curators!x | |
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Lou
Location : Home Join date : 2011-07-05 Posts : 45066 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:08 am | |
| I don't like spiders but I do think these are beautiful .
Jakeo x | |
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Gaga
Location : Glitter Way! Join date : 2012-02-18 Posts : 22983 Age : 27
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:20 pm | |
| nbo spider is beautiful, there ugly!! xx | |
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tayer Moderator
Location : south wales: cardiff Join date : 2011-07-05 Posts : 30685 Age : 39
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:56 pm | |
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sue caldwell
Location : cheshire Join date : 2012-09-05 Posts : 1966 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: Gooty Sapphire Ornamental tree spider .x Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:10 am | |
| im with Jake on this one! sue | |
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