Mexican Red Rump Tarantula for sale from Big Z's (Tliltocatl vagans). Spice-rated with keeper notes, packed for live arrival where eligible.
Deep black-brown body, a burning red rump, and the best feeding response in the beginner cabinet
Tliltocatl vagans, the Mexican Red Rump, is a sturdy terrestrial burrower out of Mexico and Central America, dressed in deep black-brown with a crown of reddish hairs on its rump that earns the name. A New World classic built like a tank: dark, substantial, and never shy about dinner. It is one of the most reliable feeders in the entire hobby, the spider that hits food like it means it, every time.
Rated Spice 2 and beginner friendly through and through, it is calm, hardy, and forgiving of a new keeper's learning curve. Set it up dry: 3 to 5 inches of mostly dry substrate with one lightly damp corner, a hide, and a water dish, and skip feeding during molt windows. This is not a handling spider, since urticating hairs and fall risk both apply, but it asks very little for how rewarding it is to watch. The matched care guide has the full dry-terrestrial build. Taxonomy note: older hobby labels often use Brachypelma vagans, while current usage commonly places this animal as Tliltocatl vagans.
The numbers live in the care guide. Enclosure size, temps, humidity, feeding schedule, premolt signs, handling boundaries: it's all in the care guide for this exact fella. Start with the full Advanced guide, or click for the quick Open the Simple version →
- Lane
- Spice 2 — Beginner
- Source
- CB: captive-bred.
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial: a ground dweller. Floor space and a hide.
