SPECIES CARE GUIDE
South Thailand Blue Earth Tiger
Chilobrachys sp. "South Thailand Blue"
ENVIRONMENT
Core care conditions
Use these ranges as a starting point and adjust for life stage, enclosure ventilation and observed behaviour.
HUSBANDRY OVERVIEW
At a glance
- Taxonomic group
- Arachnida
- Origin
- Thailand (trade locality; exact taxonomic identity not formally established)
- Lifestyle
- Fossorial / rock-crevice burrower; heavy webber
- Adult size (diagonal leg span)
- Around 17 cm (supplier estimate)
- Temperament
- Fast; defensive if disturbed
- Experience level
- Advanced; display species only
- Visibility
- Often hidden in a deep retreat or webbed crevice
- Burrowing
- Provide deep, compactable substrate and a starter retreat; include secure anchor points
- Growth rate
- Limited species-specific captive data
- Urticating hairs
- No
- Venom
- Old World tarantula; avoid handling and treat bites as medically significant
CARE NOTES
Keeping considerations
Keep this trade form separate from Chilobrachys natanicharum (Electric Blue Earth Tiger): the Spider Shop specifically notes that South Thailand Blue is not closely related to its Electric Blue listing. It is an undescribed trade-name tarantula, so its exact taxonomic identity remains uncertain. The supplier reports Thailand, 24–26°C, 80–90% humidity and an estimated 17 cm leg span. It describes animals using deep holes and rock caves in shaded, overgrown habitat. Provide a secure, well-ventilated terrestrial/fossorial enclosure with deep, compactable substrate, a retreat or starter burrow, web anchors, water and a moisture gradient. This is a fast Old World species; avoid handling.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the references
Care can vary by species, life stage and local conditions. Review multiple reputable sources before making husbandry decisions.
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