BLUE TARANTULAS! A Guide For Those Interested in the Blue Beauties 

I have a harpactira pulchripes spiderling and I think that they are a stunning species

H Pulcripes, idiothele mira.

@@abibarclay5419 That was one that I originally had on the list (it's one of my all-time favorite species), but I took it off near the end. Part of it was because males aren't blue at all, and the older females tend to loose the blue as they turn more of a cool gray. That said, I was already second guessing that decision while this was uploading. haha

@@TomsBigSpiders I also think that there nice as there not just another brown spiderling and they have blue even as a sling

I'm glad I read this comment. I thought it used to be Oligoxystre and changed to Dolichothele. I was wondering if they'd changed it back. You almost had me busting out with the label maker. XD

Hello, Lilith! That's how I treat them. :) Thanks!

Bahahaha. No joke, I made up a common name for a species years ago (the fire hiney), and I just assumed that everyone would know I was trying to be funny. Nope. People started emailing me about getting a "fire hiney" tarantula! I felt terrible! hahaha

Hi, Samuel! Sounds like you have a sweetheart! I've had three, and mine were quite skittish, with the juveniles kicking hairs and bolting around their enclosures and my young adults being VERY defensive and slapping and threat posing at the slightest disturbance. That's why I try to give people a heads up. Thanks for chiming in!

I googled this recommendation & wow the blue color is deep & stunning! Almost so incredible that it looks fake.

That was one on my first list I made before I narrowed it down! I will likely be doing an update in the future. Thanks, Pamela!

TOTALLY. I agree COMPLETELY. hahaha

Yes, was sitting yesterday when my P.Imirnia went for a walk, mid day, just got out her hide and strolled around her enclosure, shes freshly molted too so was amazed. Just went and admired her for about 10 minutes or so

Me too, Paul! hahaha They are all pretty to me!

Sounds like me, lol! I've been looking into this hobby for years, started last month with my first T, a Greenbottle Blue sling! I'd like to eventually start owning multiple P. Metallicas. (They're my favorite T by... a large margin, I want to keep them / breed them / etc, been reading on it a lot, and i plan to get other Ts beforehand to help me get better at this before committing to even 1 P. Metallica)

Totally agree...I'm starting to really want one. But still a bit worried. I'd never handle one. But would be cool to have a nice glass enclosure. To keep a trantula and watch it thru the glass. :)

I've had both. Had to sell the female Metallica for the $$. NEVER had threat poses from either. And 2 of the nicest on this list.

Billie and I were JUST talking about that species! I NEED one!

@@TomsBigSpiders I'm surprised that you don't have one. They are NOT cheap!

@panfriedd that would be me lol The owner of Tarantula Canada himself delivered the T to my house

Yeah, they are absolutely stunning. I totally agree. :)

Thank you so much, Alex...that REALLY means a lot. Right before posting this, I told Billie that I expected to get skewered by people who were upset that I didn't include certain species. As for the Psuedhapalopus, I love them, but they DO start super tiny. The sp. colombia actually hurt my eyes when I try to find them. haha. That said, my sp. blues are finally decent sized, and I think it was well worth the wait. And it's funny because I was going to pick of H. chilensis slings a couple years ago, and didn't because of how small and slow growing they are. haha I'm kicking myself now, though.

H chilensis can be sooo slow to grow but mine responded really well to being kept warmer I got it last year in July as a tiny 1cm spiderlet and it moulted in August but then didnt moult again all through Sep, Oct and Nov and for those months it hardly ate and I convinced myself that it was going to die 😢 but at the end of November I got a little cabinet w/ glass doors that I put a heater in and I keep it at 28-29°C for small spiders and ones that room temp is too cool for, and since its lived in there my H chilensis moulted in December, January, February and at the start of this month, 4 moults in the time it didnt do any Aug-Dec last year 😲 So yep Alex if you can keep your new Tarantula Room nice and warm I think your H chilensis will like it and other spiders too ofc 😷

Definitely! Orange, green (not as common but also gorgeous), also jet black species (P irminia or G pulchra immediately come to my mind, absolutely stunning bois 😍), maybe also "rainbow" spiders who rock a lithany of colors, like C versi or T seladonia... I'm seeing lots of possibilities here!

It's not a top list. Simply some species worth taking a good look at with lots of blue in their coloration.

I will likely do some videos featuring some tarantulas with other colors, but it wasn't really meant to be a Top 10 list. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and who the heck am I to say which ones are prettier? :) That said, I already plan to do green, as many folks ask about them. Thank you!

Tom Moran can’t wait for them. Keep up the great work. You and family stay safe. 👍

The C. lividus are awesome; I just don't think most newbies realize that you barely see them! And the H. pulchripes was originally on it, but the males don't have the blue, and the adult females tend to dull out. While I was uploading the video, I turned to Billie and said, "Now that I took it off the list, I'm thinking people are going to be upset." haha Thanks!

Thank you so much!

Wow, thank you so much, Kristen! :)

Thank you very much, Luis! I tried to give a good selection. :)

Thank you so much, Brian!

Thanks so much! :)

Thank you so much, Nicole! Hopefully, it helps some people out. And we are doing well, thank you! I hope that you and yours are okay!

You're most welcome, Twitchy Witch! I love the blue ones as well. Heck, I love them all. haha Hopefully, you get some good ones at the expo!

Thank you very much!

It sure would, Nicholas!

Thank you so much, bud! I hope that you and your family are doing well!

Thank you very much, Chad!

Hello, Cheryl! Awww...I'm so glad that this was helpful! :) Thanks!

Thank you, Vanessa!

Thank you so much, Gave! I hope that you had a good weekend as well. :)

Hello, Mary...and welcome! Thank you so much for the very kind words! I know that I'm not for everyone, so that means a lot. :)

Research was always one of my favorite parts of the hobby. I hope this helped out a bit! Thank you, and I hope that you and yours are safe!

James! First off, I hope that you and yours are well! And thank you so much, bud...that truly means a lot! I'm sure you'll get some clicking soon. hahaha

Hello, Toni...thank you so much! I hope that you and yours are well!

Hello, Tink! Yeah, I've got a thing for them as well. And that would be great! I was going to put a call out on my Patreon page soon. I'm going to go ahead and do that water dish video. I think that it's needed... :)

Thank you so much! :)

Thank you so much, Alex!

Thank you!

Hey, bud! It's so difficult sometimes to get the colors to pop! I'm glad that I was able to get some good footage (darn you, O. violaceopes! haha). Thanks, Michael!

And here it is! I just told Billie that someone was going to yell at me for not including the H. pulchripes. Hahaha Honestly, it came down to the fact that the males don't have the blue, and the older females lose it a bit. My older girl is more gray now.. That said, I struggled with whether or not to include it, and figured that I could always do a part two down the line.

Good point. PS : I have a few female black widows 😉

Tom Moran you say the males don’t really have the blue. Mine is an unsexed 2in h pulchripes but the legs are insanely blue! Would this be an indication of female?

Hello! Thank you so much! I know there is a lot of interest in them, so hopefully this will help some folks choose a good one. :)

Hello, Caitlin! You were definitely my target audience for this one then! Thank you so much for chiming in. I'm so glad that this was helpful! And you'll love the GBB. :)

Hello, Ike! I hope that you and yours are well. Thanks so much, bud!

Man, thank you so much! I truly appreciate that! :)

I'm so glad that this was helpful! Thank you!

That's awesome, TNT!

Hahaha. Thanks, Mike!

It really looks great on Ts. Thanks, Joyce! I hope you and yours are well!

@@TomsBigSpiders We are all well Tom. But I don't know why there still is no TP anywhere. Is the Government hoarding again?? "}

Thanks so much, Dani! I gave brief thought to the A. seemani, but left it off because it's a color form and there are folks out there that don't believe the blue is a color form, but a stage that they go through. I didn't want to get into all that. haha

Hello, Tim! Thank you so much, bud. I love them, too!

FACE PALM. I can't believe that I used the old name. Dear God. Thanks, Ian!

@@TomsBigSpiders easy thing to do Tom. Still a great video. I love Blue T's I was the same when I first saw a picture of a metallica. I thought that had to be photoshop. When I found out it wasn't, that was when I knew I had to have one!

@@IanTarrantula Thanks, Ian...I truly appreciate it. I KNEW I was going to mess something up! YES! I remember clear as day turning to Billie and saying, "and obviously someone was having fun with Photoshop with this one." My mind was totally blown when I realized that it was real!

Hey, Rachael!!! Welcome back! Does this mean that you will be doing videos again? :) I did not know that you were sick...oh no! Glad to hear that you are feeling better!

@@TomsBigSpiders no, I don’t think I’ll be making more videos, unfortunately. The time commitment is just too intense at this time.

@@rachaels8leggedwonders448 Awwww...believe me, I get it. This has become like a second job for me.

Thank you so much, Paul!

Thank you so much, Edward! Luckily, there are a lot of awesome blue ones out there!

Wow, thank you so much, Krystine! :)

Hey, Jimmy! Sorry for the late reply! That's awesome! I hope that the rehouse went well!

Thank you very much!

I had to make sure that I was clear on that one. hahaha Thanks so much, Brian! :)

Hello, Luc! I hope that you and yours are all well! Those are two awesome species...I can't argue with either! :) Thank you!

I took the H. pulchripes off last minute because the males don't have the blue, and the adult females tend to dull out to more gray/black, but I probably should have left it on. Next time... ;) It's one of my all time favs as well!

So sorry for the delay, Meagan! Haha Thanks so much!

That's awesome! Fingers crossed you get a sac, Bobbi! :)

AMAZING Dwarf GBB! Even better looking IMO.

Thank you, Jay!

Thanks so much, bud! The GBB was one of my first. The D. diamentinensis can be okay, but MAN the slings are fast!

Noah! It didn't change! So sorry for the confusion. I used the old genus name. I was using old footage that was labeled with the old genus, and I had a major brain fart!

OH! And good luck on your breeding project!

Thank you, M.K. And you are most welcome! Probably a good call on the C. versicolor. Some folks still seem to have a very difficult time with them. :( I DO know of many people who got discouraged and left the hobby after losing one or two spiders.

@@TomsBigSpiders yeah and most versicolour slings in my area are from the same breeder and a lot of them did not make it. but i changed my mind again since noone has a gbb girl for sale now my friend will get a 6 year old G rosea girl. i cant wait to see her face when she sees her! 😁

Ha...that's awesome! I wish that I saw my big girl more. haha

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much; I really appreciate that! As for the book, there isn't too much out there. There IS one on Amazon, but it's super expensive.

Thank you!

Thank you so much, M.K.! Awwwww...that really sucks. UGH

How are they doing? Are they communal? I wouldn't have the guts to risk it w these myself.

Of course after I said this p.metallica has been out every day since.

Thanks, Roy! I was originally going to put them in order from beginner to advanced, but I wanted to avoid it feeling like it was leading to the "most dangerous" blue T. That said, maybe I should have stuck with the original plan. I love the I. mira as well, and it was on my preliminary list. I just couldn't include them all. My first P. metallica was quite shy as a sling, and I didn't see it much. It's much more bold as an adult.

Thank you, Joel!

Hello, Michael! Thank you so much! That would make for a very fun video...thank you!

Tim! Sorry the footage of it was so crappy. I didn't have much because mine was so shy. Thanks, bud. I hope that you and your family are well!

Thank you so much! And I'm always up for suggestions. Could you give me a couple examples of the type of topics you'd want to see?

@@TomsBigSpiders I don't really know much about tarantulas in general. I think it would be cool to hear about their relationship to other spiders and other members of the arachnid branch, as well as to arthropods in general. I don't have any specific ideas, largely because I don't really know much about tarantulas. To give you an example of where I am coming from, I watch your videos that are species specific and find them interesting, but maybe long for a video where you compare tarantulas to other spiders perhaps? Maybe a video where you expand on the major differences between old world and new world tarantulas beyond the obvious stronger venom for old world and urticating hairs for new. It may be that there really just aren't enough differences to expound about in a video between old and new worlds. Maybe generalized tarantulas videos would be boring or something? Perhaps generalized videos would result in too many inaccuracies due to the generalization? I guess what I am saying is that other than sling and newbie guides, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of RU-vid content regarding tarantulas generally. I know that's not necessarily up your alley given that you are deep in the trenches of specific and species-related knowledge, but you are very knowledgeable so it would be awesome to hear your perspective. P.S. Your podcast is great too. I enjoy hearing your enthusiasm about tarantulas.

Hi, guys! That's awesome! Congrats on your new acquisitions. :)

Thank you, James! Yeah, the C. lividus is a gorgeous spider. I just think some folks don't realize that if you keep them correctly, you rarely see them.

Thank you, Channy! I hope that you and yours are well!

Sounds like you have a sweetheart! :)

That's one of my favorite species. I actually originally had it on the list, but took it off last minute. The males don't have the blue legs, and the females legs are more of a cool gray when they get larger. That said, they are still stunning. I'll include them on the followup!

@@TomsBigSpiders it's one of my dream spiders

Thank you so much, Lynn! :)

@@TomsBigSpiders Also, OBT rehouse (how did she suddenly get so huge) went well thanks to your rehouse demonstration videos! They are FAST but she was more scared than anything!

I tried, Jared...but my species blue is more green. haha The D. diamantinensis are just gorgeous! Hahaha

😂🤣 that is true.those guys are so cool!

Ha! Thank you so much, Charles!

Hahahaha. Awwww, man....there I go costing people money again! haha Thank you!

@@TomsBigSpiders You're totally right though, not a lot of pets come in blues as bright as Ts. These beauties will be worth adding in my collection!

Thanks, bud!

I'm taking notes on that now! :) Thanks, Elli!

It's a truly stunning spider. If you find one, grab it up! :) Thanks 1

Whoohooo! Thanks! Hope you like it!

Its actually 1 P.M in Indonesia

Thank you, Jusine! I hope that you and your family are well!

@@TomsBigSpiders Thanks bud! yep were doin fine but our enhanced community quarantine was extended up until May 15 lol well its better to be safe than sorry lol. God bless you and your family Tom hope you're all doing fine!!

Thank you so much! The A. seemanni was one of the ones I was considering, but some folks don't believe the blue form is a true form, and I didn't want to get into all of that. haha I have not yet, but plan to when I rehouse my smaller one! :)

Man, quick on the draw! I hope you like it. haha

Yep me too

Tom Moran It was awesome! Im sending the link to this video to some of my non tarantula friends right now.

Hello, Aphilia! Thank you so much! Yeah, I'm going to be doing a list of them. Off the top of my head, Phormictopus sp. green/green fumur, P. rufilata, Theriphosinae sp. piura, and some P. cambridgei.

Mine both went through crazy stages, Dom! Once they hit about 4" or so, they both became very defensive. They seemed to have calmed down, though. :)

Hello, Colin! That's awesome! Congrats on the molt!

I agree completely! Blue almost seems common at this point. I find green to be a bit more rare. And I'd LOVE to see a full red one!

@@TomsBigSpiders Hahaha, same. The closest species I could think of to being full red would probably have to be the recently discovered Selenocosmiinae sp. Bloody Red "North Luzon" from the Philippines. Even then, that species seems to turn brown after a while.

She sounds amazing, Tim! Have you seen the green variant? I had a chance to get a few, and now I'm kicking myself for not grabbing them.

That's awesome, Justin! I'm glad that it was helpful!

Hello, Kenny! I can try to put something together. :)

@@TomsBigSpiders that would awesome!

I can definitely see that, although my Singapore blue is MUCH more leggy than my C. lividus. They are quite similar though!

That was one of the ones I considered; I just need to get one. They are stunning. :)

Agreed, Michael! :) Thanks!