Rose Hair Tarantula
The rose hair is a type of spider with its source habitat being the chilean desert.
Rose hair tarantula. The rose hair tarantula is a moderately large tarantula. The rose haired tarantula grammostola rosea is one of the most docile and hardy spiders being kept. They are naturally very docile and can be safely and easily handled. In captivity females live up to 20 years.
The chilean rose tarantula grammostola rosea also known as the rose hair tarantula the chilean fire tarantula or the chilean red haired tarantula depending on the color morph is probably the most common species of tarantula available in american and european pet stores today due to the large number of wild caught specimens exported cheaply from their native chile into the pet trade. Chilean rose tarantula rose hair tarantula chilean fire tarantula. It can also be found in argentina and bolivia. The rose hair tarantula is the single most popular tarantula available in the pet trade.
Chilean rose hair tarantula grammostola rosea originates from desert regions of chile but can also be found in bolivia and argentina. The chilean rose tarantula has been a standard in the pet hobby and science classrooms all across the planet. Theyre also long lived very forgiving and are relatively cheap to buy when compared with other popular tarantula species. The chilean rose hair tarantula is a relatively large hardy docile and yet colorful arachnid.
A fully mature rose hair can reach approximately 6 inches in its total leg span. They reach full size in about 3 4 years. Rose hair tarantula is a. Its one of the most popular tarantula species in the stores all around the world.
It is a very durable tarantula originating from one of the driest scrub habitats in the world the northern atacama desert region. They are usually either dark brown blackish or grey in their base color. Leg span of 4 12 to 5 12 inches.