Avicularia sp. 'Colombia' (Colombian Purple Pink Toe Tarantula) 0.5-0.75"

Avicularia sp. 'Colombia' (Colombian Purple Pink Toe Tarantula)

The Colombian Purple Pink Toe Tarantula, or Avicularia sp. 'Colombia', is an arboreal tarantula from Colombia and the Colombian locality of the beloved Purple Pink Toe, Avicularia purpurea. Adults have deep purple legs, a deep purple carapace (head), and a purple abdomen marked with faint orange striping. Spiderlings look nearly identical to the purple pink toe in that same gray and black, then shift into purple and orange around 2 inches before the full adult coloration comes in around 2.5 inches. The species only grows to about 5 inches in diagonal leg span, while females live about 10 to 12 years and males mature faster, typically living only 2 to 3 years. This species is also calm and manageable, one of the more approachable arboreals in the hobby, and a good fit for a keeper who wants a darker pink toe. This new world tarantula for sale makes an excellent addition to a captive collection, offered here as a spiderling.

Why do hobbyists keep Colombian Purple Pink Toe Tarantula?

• Stunning Coloration: A deep purple across the legs and carapace with faint orange striping down the abdomen, the same purple that made its cousin the purple pink toe tarantula a hobby favorite, on a Colombian locality of the same species.
• Colorful Spiderlings: Slings arrive gray and black, nearly identical to the purple pink toe at that size. They turn purple and orange around 2 inches, then settle into the bright purple and faint orange striping of the adult around 2.5 inches, which makes this one of the more entertaining color changes in the group to follow.
• Heavy Webber: Webs heavily up high and will tube off a piece of cork bark within days of going into a new enclosure.
• Docile Temperament: Among the more approachable arboreals we carry, calm to work around and far more likely to retreat than to posture.
• Uncommon in the Hobby: This Colombian locality does not come up for sale nearly as often as the common pink toes, so it tends to move when it does.

How should Avicularia sp. 'Colombia' be kept?

• Adult Size: Colombian Purple Pink Toe Tarantula spiderlings hatch around 0.5 to 0.75 inch and grow to about 5 inches in diagonal leg span as full adults, so every enclosure below is sized ahead of where this animal is today, not just to fit it right now.
• Enclosure: At 0.5 to 0.75 inches, this arboreal tarantula cage runs 4x4x5 inches, with at least 1.5 inches of substrate and a real piece of cork bark or sterile wood to start webbing against right away. Sized a notch ahead of the animal on purpose, since a pink toe that grows into its space settles and webs faster than one that outgrows it and has to be moved again right away.
• Setup Tips: Real cork bark or a real piece of wood in the enclosure is not just decoration, it is one of the most important pieces of this setup. It gives the animal somewhere real to grip and start laying web right away, and with this genus in particular, that first piece of bark makes a drastic difference in how quickly a new arrival settles in and starts webbing. We have seen a real increase in early survival success tied directly to a bark based setup versus a bare enclosure, so this is one detail worth getting right from day one, not something to add later.
• Rehousing: From here it moves up to an 8x8x10 inch enclosure, then finally a 10x10x16 inch enclosure as a full adult, with each move coming roughly 8 to 12 months apart at this genus's medium to fast growth rate, full size in about 2 to 4 years start to finish.
• Temperature: 75 to 85°F, the optimal range for most tropical species like this one. Cooler temperatures are survivable, but increase the odds of trouble molting and growing, so we recommend staying in this range for the best results. Most keepers do not need any extra heating to hit it.
• Humidity: Moderate to high, with the substrate kept lightly moist rather than wet, and strong cross ventilation. Airflow matters more here than maximizing humidity, so skip a fully screened top, which dries an enclosure out too fast.
• Water: A shallow water dish is enough, and placing it up on a piece of cork rather than on the floor is more natural for an arboreal and keeps crickets from drowning in it before they get eaten. Add a light misting of the enclosure once a week to help keep humidity in range.
• Diet: Prey sized around 1/8", the right size for a 0.5 to 0.75 inch animal, offered at least once a week. Feed on that schedule at every stage, spiderlings included, and remove anything left uneaten after a day or two.
• Temperament: Docile but fast, quicker to bolt for its retreat than to stand its ground, and capable of jumping when startled. It tends to stay high in the enclosure and may ignore prey sitting on the ground while young, so offering food up where it is sitting works better than dropping it below. This genus is genuinely easy once one thing is right: keep the air moving with real cross ventilation, keep the substrate lightly moist rather than wet, and give it real cork bark from the sling stage. Get that airflow right and this species is straightforward to raise.

Are there any additional notes or considerations?

• Pink Toe Spiders?: You will sometimes see these called pink toe spiders online. Tarantulas are arachnids, not spiders, and definitely not true spiders, the kind most people picture when they hear the word spider. This is one of the heavy bodied, hairy, long lived tarantulas that gets lumped in with that name anyway. If you searched for a pink toe spider and landed here, you are in exactly the right place.

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Listing Notes

• This listing is for an Avicularia sp. 'Colombia' Colombian Purple Pink Toe Tarantula spiderling measuring around half to three quarters of an inch (0.5 to 0.75 inches) in diagonal leg span, which is the size given in the title, unsexed, with roughly a 50/50 chance of male or female. A Colombian locality, still in the gray and black hatchling coloration shared with its purpurea cousin at this size, before the purple and orange striping the adults carry starts to show.