Avicularia urticans 'Green' (Peruvian Green Pink Toe Tarantula) 0.5-0.75"

Avicularia urticans 'Green' (Peruvian Green Pink Toe Tarantula)

The Peruvian Green Pink Toe Tarantula, or Avicularia urticans 'Green', is an arboreal tarantula from Peru. Adults have green legs, a green carapace (head), and a black abdomen with reddish, white tipped hairs across the front and sides. This is one of the larger pink toes in the hobby, growing to about 6 to 7+ inches in diagonal leg span, while females live about 10 to 12 years and males mature faster, typically living only 2 to 3 years. Green is genuinely uncommon in this group, so this one tends to appeal to keepers who already have the purples and blues. This species is also calm and manageable, fast when startled but not defensive, and it stays out where you can see it. We're excited to offer this new world tarantula for sale, offered here as a spiderling.

Why do hobbyists keep Peruvian Green Pink Toe Tarantula?

• Stunning Coloration: Green legs and a green carapace over a black abdomen carrying reddish, white tipped hairs, a color almost nothing else in the pink toe group offers.
• Large Arboreal Species: About 6 to 7+ inches in diagonal leg span, one of the larger pink toes in the hobby, so the green lands on a substantial animal.
• Great Display Species: Stays out on its webbing rather than tucking away, which matters more than usual on a species whose whole appeal is the color.
• Heavy Webber: Tubes off high against cork and keeps building, filling in a tall enclosure over its first months.
• Docile Temperament: Calm and manageable for an arboreal, fast when startled but not a defensive animal.

How should Avicularia urticans 'Green' be kept?

• Adult Size: Peruvian Green Pink Toe Tarantula spiderlings hatch around 0.5 to 0.75 inch and grow to about 6 to 7+ 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 5x5x8 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 a 10x10x14 inch enclosure, then finally a 14x14x24 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 inches 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.
• A Green Version of A. metallica: Some keepers describe this one as a green take on Avicularia sp. 'Metallica' M6, similar build and finish, just green instead of blue. Both are Exotics Unlimited animals if you want to compare them side by side.

Looking for similar species?

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

Listing Notes

• This listing is for an Avicularia urticans 'Green' Peruvian Green 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. Our smallest currently available size for this large growing green pink toe, well ahead of the point where the green and reddish white tipped hairs really stand out.
• Looking for a different size? Check out these other options: 1-1.25", Spiderling and 1.5-2", Juvenile.