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Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Green Bottle Blue Tarantula: Advanced Care Guide
Keeper Snapshot: A colorful, heavy-webbing New World display tarantula with dry-leaning care, a strong feeding response, and more speed than the true beginner classics.
Group: TarantulasDifficulty: Spice 3: IntermediateSetup: Dry terrestrial, heavy web displayHandling: No handling, fast and skittish
Use This Guide Safely
- Confirm the exact animal. Match this guide to the species, locality, size, and life stage on your label. If the ID is uncertain, use the more conservative part of the range and ask before changing the setup.
- Change one thing at a time. Treat temperature and humidity as target zones, then watch posture, burrowing, drinking, feeding, and molt behavior before making another adjustment.
- Respect the handling boundary. If the guide says no handling, fast, defensive, or medically significant, plan transfers with catch cups, locked lids, and no bare hands. For serious bites, stings, or symptoms, seek emergency medical care.
Quick Snapshot
| Temperature | 72-82°F |
|---|---|
| Humidity | 45-60%, strong cross-vent, dry substrate, full dish |
| Setup Type | Dry terrestrial, heavy web display |
| Substrate | Dry substrate, cork, twigs, web anchor points |
| Feeding | Juveniles roaches/crickets every 7-10 days; adults less often |
| Care Difficulty | Spice 3: Intermediate |
| Handling | No handling, fast and skittish |
Humidity zones: Very Low under 30% - Low 30-60% - Low-Moderate 40-70% - Moderate 60-80% - Moderate-High 70-85% - High 80%+ - Very High 90%+
Enclosure Format / Size Class
- Burrow Buddy: juvenile dry terrestrial grow-out with cork and anchor points.
- Larger terrestrial display enclosure for adult size and webbing room.
Warnings First
- Urticating hairs present. Watch, don't handle.
- Fast and skittish, more so than typical beginner terrestrials.
- Heavy webber; the enclosure becomes part of the display, so plan for it.
- Keep ventilated and mostly dry. A damp, stuffy setup is the real risk here, not low humidity.
- Keep pebbles in the water dish so slings can't drown.
Simple Care
- Airflow matters more than chasing a humidity number.
- Vent low on two opposite walls so air reaches under the webbing, not just the top.
- Give plenty of anchor points for its web structure.
- Keep a water dish with pebbles in it, and don't soak the enclosure.
- Remove uneaten prey, especially around a molt.
Advanced Keeper Notes
Enclosure & Microclimate
- Heavy webbing acts as a baffle. Vent low on two opposite walls so air moves under and through it, not just over the top.
- Substrate can stay mostly dry; a small overflow near the dish or a lightly damp corner is enough.
- Ambient sits at 45-60% on its own and can drift lower without concern; the spider drinks from the dish.
- Judge by hand: substrate reads dry except right around the dish, and webbing feels dry with no condensation on the glass.
- Keep the dish full with pebbles or grit; it often ends up webbed over, which makes a bad dish harder to notice.
Feeding, Growth & Maintenance
- Juveniles feed eagerly every 7-10 days; adults can go every 2-3 weeks. Keep prey smaller than the abdomen.
- Pull uneaten prey promptly; expect to find remains tangled in silk.
- Molting: it goes sluggish, seals into a silk retreat, and refuses food for days or weeks. Pull uneaten feeders and wait 5-10 days after the molt before feeding again.
Possible Origin / Range
- Likely native range: Dry scrub and semi-arid coastal habitat of northern Venezuela, near the Paraguana region.
- Habitat translation: Build dry, airy, and anchor-rich: a terrestrial base with cork, twigs, web points, a hide, and a water dish.
Advanced Keeper Details
- Adult size runs about 5-6 in leg span; plan more display space, since the web structure becomes the animal's usable space.
- Mild venom concern for a New World species, but it is quick, hair-capable, and not a handling animal.
- Keep the enclosure readable; overdecorating makes feeding, molt checks, and rehousing harder once webbing fills in.