![]() I am careful not to pour too much too quickly and flood their burrows and don't saturate it to the point of being swampy. ![]() I keep the bottom layer of substrate damp by pouring water down the corners of the enclosure to saturate the bottom layers. You want a minimum of 3x the leg span of the tarantula in width and give this tarantula plenty of substrate so it can make its deep burrows. Once they outgrow their juvenile enclosure, I move this tarantula into an adult enclosure at least 5gal in size. My juvenile cobalt blues seem to tend to make elaborate tunnels out of their burrow and across the floor of their enclosure, so putting in little pieces of cork bark or fake plants for them to use as anchor points for their webs may be helpful. I provide a water dish and make a starter burrow on the side of the enclosure to help get it started burrowing. Again I fill the enclosure up ⅔ with substrate that I keep damp. When they outgrow this enclosure, I rehouse the juvenile tarantula into an acrylic fossorial juvie enclosure with more depth than width. If i can't fit a water dish in the enclosure, I drip water on the webbing. I keep the substrate damp and provide a water dish if there is room. I fill the enclosure up about 2.3 with substrate and make sure there is enough room between the top on the enclosure and the top of the substrate for the t to web up its tunnel entrance. I keep my spiderlings in my basic fossorial spiderling enclosure with more depth than width. The female eventually becomes larger than the males. ![]() Additionally, males gain palpal bulbs on their pedipalps and tibial apophyses (mating hooks). This species does exhibit sexual dimorphism as males are light tan or bronze in color and much leggier. This species grows to about a 5in leg span and lives for about 15-18 years with males living only about 5 or 6 years. The down side of this species is that even though it is gorgeous, it spends the majority of its time deep in its burrow, usually only allowing you to see the front half of it that will hang out the front of its burrow. Despite their bad attitude, this is a gorgeous species with an amazing blue coloration which is why it is so popular among hobbyists. This tarantula has been known to bite when they feel in danger and can quickly escalate from threat pose to attempting to bite, so heed their warnings and back off and give them space when necessary. Usually giving an impressive threat pose and slapping the ground when you disturb its enclosure. This t is described as defensive because it only reacts to perceived threats to its safety. It is important to note the difference between aggressive and defensive.and aggressive suggests the tarantula will attempt to attack unprovoked. Like most Asian species of tarantula, the Cobalt Blue can be a VERY defensive tarantula. This tarantula is an Old World fossorial tarantula endemic to Myanmar. ![]() ![]() The Cyriopagopus lividus, formerly known as the Haploplema lividium, and commonly known as the Cobalt Blue Tarantula, was described by Smith in 1996. Life Expectancy: Females 15-18 years / Males 5-6 years Type: Terrestrial, Fossorial Obligate BurrowerĮndemic Location: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Scientific Name: Cyriopagopus lividus formerly Haploplema lividium ![]()
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