Metallic Pinktoe (Whitetoe) Tarantula
Avicularia metallica (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
The Metallic Pinktoe Tarantula reins from Surinam, French Guiana, and probably Brazil and Guyana (Breene 1998). This arboreal tarantula is quite similar to the common pinktoe, and can be kept in the same conditions.
Captive Requirements
| Housing: | Upright cage, taller than wide |
| Communal: | Somewhat |
| Diet: | Crickets, cockroaches, or flying insects |
| Substrate: | Soil, peat moss, or vermiculite |
| Decor: | Cork bark upright against side of cage, water dish |
| Temperature: | 23.9 to 29.4° C (75 to 85° F) |
| Humidity: | High |
| Temperament: | Docile and fast, jumps |
| Considerations: | Good for beginners |
***Copper***
UPDATE: Copper was sent off for breeding in 2005! He has since passed on but word on the web is that his girl has made an egg sac!
I bought Copper in Jan. 2004. He sometimes jumps when I take him out, and may accept a cockroach from a forceps during feeding time.
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| July 7, 2005: Mature male! | |||||
Copyright © 2004-2006 By Emily Tenczar
LINKS:
(I haven't found a page devoted to this
species yet, but care is similar to that for Avicularia avicularia.)
Pink-Toed
Tarantula caresheet (Arachnophiliac)