Thrixopelma cyaneolum (Blue)

Thrixopelma (along with Xenethis and Phormictopus) are easily my favourite genus (can’t speak for the rest of TSS) and these are a peach of an entrant to it.

What you’ve got here is a dark blue spider with cream striping on the legs… which should be enough to sell it to you.

But if you need the hard sell, it’s a super easy to care for NW terrestrial from Peru, which as with most other birdeaters has a steady growth rate and keen feeding response as well as being fairly hardy as slings…

Iur current crop of slings are about 1.5cm span and a lovely shade of dark blue already

Fairly docile in nature and care very similar to most other New World Terrestrials, are found in the highlands along the pacific coast of Peru.

They are usually found burrowing in the wild so a little depth of substrate is preferred. Currently feeding on micro crickets or fruit flies but are a very low maintenance species and hardy even as slings.

Do well in our spiderling boxes with a water bowl and banked substrate allowing them to burrow.

This is what used to be known as Homoeomma sp. “Blue, Small”. This should not however be mixed up with the Homoeomma sp. “Blue Large” which is also in the hobby.