![]() ![]() Tarantula live wherever there's soil so they can burrow and wait for their prey. They also find this tarantula fascinating especially by the way it eats. They are native to these countries, but people from all over the world like to buy this tarantula as pets because they're harmless. EcologyĬobalt blue tarantula generally live in southern Asian areas like Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. After a huge meal, tarantulas can go without eating for as long as a month. After that, they liquefy the victim with digestive enzymes so they can suck it up with their straw like mouth. Then they paralyze the victim with their paralyzing venom. Tarantulas don't hunt their prey by webbing them, they have webs that alert them so they can go grab the prey with its appendages. A large amount of premature spiders get caught by predators and end up getting eaten. If they have the egg sac they might stay with their parents for 3 to 6 days before they disperse. ![]() The females do all the jobs such as, protecting the eggs. įemales lay 100 to 1000 eggs, which hatch in 45 to 60 days in a web. They show ritual by tapping to charm females. There might be a chance for a male to get bitten or killed by the female depending on the temperature and the mood that female's in. The male approaches the female carefully. Cobalt blue tarantula reproduce sexually. After a male matures they can only live for two to three months which would be 10 to 12 years. The Cobalt blue tarantula (female) lives almost 2 times longer than male. Life CycleĪ female and a male cobalt blue tarantula together. By its color and texture other species or people have to stay away from it so they can finish their molting process successfully. Its color changes and bone gets pale and soft. When they molt they usually get on their back. Females look better and larger than males and usually live longer than them. They might appear like dark brown or black at first but in proper lighting their color appear as blue throughout their body. Tarantulas shed their exoskeleton in the process of molting, in which they change most of the organs as wells. People get scared of the Cobalt blue a lot because it comes with the title of 'tarantula' but they're harmless to humans, the venom is less harmful than a bee's venom. It has eight eyes closely attached to each other and a lot of hair. The Cephalothorax is usually the thorax or chest and a head. It has a cephalothorax and an abdomen as their two body parts. The Cobalt blue tarantula has a leg span of 4-5 inches and has 2.5 inch wide body. A full scale photo of a Cobalt blue tarantula
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