🕷️Poecilotheria metallica

Poecilotheria metallica Pocock, 1899

Poecilotheria metallica, also known as the peacock tarantula, or the Gooty sapphire tarantula, is an Old World species of tarantula. It is the only blue species of the genus Poecilotheria. Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal-like pattern on the abdomen. The species' natural habitat is a deciduous forest in Andhra Pradesh, in central southern India. It has been classified as Critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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Also called

Gooty Tarantula, Metallic Tarantula, Peacock parachute spider, Peacock Parachute Spider, Peacock Tarantula, Salepurgu

Conservation status

CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.

Population trendDecreasing

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: 0.05 m
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Everything we know about the Poecilotheria metallica

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body length

0.05 maverage

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Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female.

By sex

Female0.05 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Pocock 1899c

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Poecilotheria metallica yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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