Avicularia geroldi (Royal Blue Pink Toe Tarantula)

Avicularia geroldi (Royal Blue Pink Toe Tarantula)

The Royal Blue Pink Toe Tarantula, or Avicularia geroldi, is an arboreal tarantula from Brazil. Adults have blue legs finished with pink toes, a blue carapace (head) that comes up closer to blue-green on a fresh molt, and a jet black abdomen with blue over the tips of the hairs. Spiderlings start out pink and black, plenty of juveniles turn blue and red somewhere around 2.5 to 3 inches, and the adult blue and jet black settles in from there. 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 docile and manageable, fast when startled but not a defensive animal, appealing to keepers who want blue on an arboreal that stays easy going. Own this new world tarantula for sale today and start your journey with a fast but calm arboreal, offered here as a spiderling.

Why do hobbyists keep Royal Blue Pink Toe Tarantula?

• Stunning Coloration: Blue legs with pink toes, a blue carapace that comes up blue-green on a fresh molt, and a jet black abdomen with blue over the hair tips. Very few pink toes hold blue at this intensity all the way into adulthood, and the blue in the photos is real and unedited.
• Solid Blue Hairs: The hairs on the legs and body are blue the whole way through rather than white tipped, and that is the reason the blue stays this pure instead of being broken up across the animal, a genuinely blue metallic tarantula rather than one that only reads blue in certain light.
• Colorful Spiderlings: Slings arrive pink and black, plenty of them molt into a blue and red phase around 2.5 to 3 inches, then settle into the adult blue and jet black. Three genuinely different animals out of one purchase.
• Docile Temperament: Fast when startled but not defensive, and one of the easier arboreals to keep calm around a maintenance routine.
• Heavy Webber: Webs heavily and tubes off up high, filling in a tall enclosure over its first few months with you.
• Rare in the Hobby: Genuinely hard to come by, and this is one of the few pink toes where finding stock at all is the limiting factor rather than price.

How should Avicularia geroldi be kept?

• Adult Size: Royal Blue 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 size below is sized ahead of where that animal is today.
• Enclosure and Rehousing: Sized in three stages as this species grows toward its adult max, from a first enclosure through two rehouses. See the size you're considering below for the exact dimensions at that stage.
• 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.
• 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: In the wild, arboreal tarantulas get most of their water from rainfall, drinking droplets off leaves, webbing, and enclosure walls rather than standing water. Misting the enclosure once a week is required, not optional, since it's this species' primary water source. A shallow water dish placed up on a piece of cork rather than on the floor is still worth keeping as a backup, and keeps crickets from drowning before they get eaten, but it should never replace regular misting.
• Diet: Prey size scales with the animal, from pinhead sized feeders on the smallest spiderlings up to larger prey as it grows. See the size you're considering below for the exact prey measurement at that stage.
• Temperament: Docile but fast, quicker to bolt for its retreat than to stand its ground, and capable of jumping when startled. 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.

Which size should I choose?

• 0.5-0.75" Spiderling: the lowest cost way in, and the one that lets you watch its entire growth and color change happen under your own care from the very start.
• 0.75-1" Spiderling: a little bigger than our smallest offering, past the trickiest early days but still at spiderling pricing.

Pick the size you want above. Each size still has its own care guidance suited to exactly where that animal is today, not a generic version stretched across every size.

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.
• Not Eating? If this tarantula ever skips a meal, try prekilling the prey item and placing it up high in the enclosure rather than leaving live prey to wander. Dehydration is one of the most common reasons any tarantula, arboreal species especially, will refuse food, so keeping up with misting and a full water dish is usually the fastest way to get it back on track.

Looking for similar species?

• Browse our Arboreal Tarantulas and New World Tarantulas collections to explore related care profiles.

Frequently asked questions about Royal Blue Pink Toe Tarantula?

• What do I do when I first get my tarantula? As soon as it arrives, mist the enclosure so there is clear moisture on the webbing, substrate, or enclosure wall, and keep an eye on it until you actually see it take a drink. Shipping is dehydrating, and an arboreal especially will not settle in or start eating until it has rehydrated properly, so this is the one step worth not skipping on day one. Once you have seen it drink, let it settle in undisturbed for a few days before offering its first meal.