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Greenbottle Blue Tarantula


Greenbottle Blue Tarantula

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens

This spider is one of the most colorful tarantulas in the world, with blue legs, a green thorax and pumpkin-orange abdominal hairs.  Its natural habitat is the dry tropical forest of Venezuela, where it hides in short burrows lined with silk.

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