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

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 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, typical room temperature in most homes. Most keepers do not need any extra heating for this genus.
• 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 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.

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.

Looking for similar species?

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