Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue Tarantula)

Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Green Bottle Blue Tarantula, GBB)

The Green Bottle Blue Tarantula (GBB), or Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens, is a terrestrial and semi-arboreal tarantula native to Venezuela, known for climbing up into bushes, shrubs, and tall grasses rather than staying strictly ground bound. Adults display blue legs, a green carapace (head), and a bright orange abdomen, one of the most iconic color combinations in the hobby. Spiderlings start out black and orange, changing a little more with every molt until the blue, green and orange coloration comes in around two and a half inches and intensifies as it gets bigger. The GBB only grows to about 6 inches in diagonal leg span, while females live an impressive 10 to 15 years and males mature faster, typically living only 2 to 3 years. GBBs are also docile but skittish, and highly active, quicker to move and a little more easily startled than some of the calmer beginner picks like the Mexican Red Knee or Brazilian Black, though not an aggressive or mean spider by nature. This is one of the best and most popular new world tarantulas for sale, ideal for first time keepers and for anyone practicing toward more forgiving arboreal slings, offered here in sizes from spiderling to mature adult.

Why do hobbyists keep Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens?

• Stunning Coloration: Adults display blue legs, a green carapace (head), and a bright orange abdomen, one of the most iconic color combinations in the hobby.
• Colorful Spiderlings: Spiderlings start out black and orange, and change a little with every molt until the blue, green and orange comes in around two and a half inches, intensifying as it gets bigger.
• Heavy Webber: GBBs are one of the most prolific webbers in the hobby, capable of building elaborate web structures that become part of the display rather than something tucked out of sight.
• Great Display Species: GBBs are highly active and stay out in the open rather than hiding, so keepers get to actually watch them rather than just knowing one is in there.
• Gateway To Arboreals: For keepers who have only kept terrestrial species like the Mexican Red Knee or Brazilian Black, the GBB is one of the best ways to work toward true arboreals like pink toes, since it climbs and webs heavily like an arboreal sling while being far more forgiving of small care mistakes than most arboreal species. This Green Bottle Blue Tarantula for sale is one of the best stepping stones before moving on to a pink toe.

How should the Green Bottle Blue Tarantula be kept?

• Adult Size: Spiderlings start out around half to three quarters of an inch (0.5 to 0.75 inch) in diagonal leg span, growing to an adult max of about 6 inches, plenty of size to show off that coloration without ever becoming unwieldy to house.
• Enclosure: We size to our standard Three Cage System for a semi-arboreal species, sized ahead of the animal rather than to its current size, with flat cork bark and light foliage centered off the walls to anchor webbing and shallow substrate throughout. Cage 1 runs around 4 by 4 by 4 inches, cage 2 around 8 by 8 by 8 inches, and cage 3 around 12 by 12 by 12 inches at full adult size. Pick the size above for that tier's exact setup.
• Rehousing: Two rehouses total across this species' medium to fast growth rate, reaching full adult size in about 2 to 4 years. Males often mature before ever needing that third cage. Pick the size above to see where a given animal sits on that path.
• Temperature: GBBs run warmer than most, aim for about 75 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, with 80 to 85 as the sweet spot, given their semi-tropical native climate.
• Humidity: Keep humidity on the moderate side rather than constantly damp. GBBs experience real wet and dry seasons in the wild, so let the substrate dry out between light moisture cycles instead of running it tropical wet or bone dry.
• Water: A shallow textured water dish works well, something they can grip when climbing out.
• Diet: Prey length should run about a quarter of the leg span, roughly the width of the carapace (head). Feed at least once a week at every stage. Pick the size above for that tier's exact prey measurement.
• Temperament: Docile but skittish, and highly active, quicker to move and a little more easily startled than some of the calmer beginner picks like the Mexican Red Knee or Brazilian Black. Not an aggressive or mean spider by nature, that skittish energy is just part of what makes it fun to watch.

Which size should I choose?

Pick the size you want above. Each size still has its own care guidance and its own price behind it, so what you see for that size is exactly what ships.

• 0.5-0.75" (Spiderling): right at the size the species hatches at, your cheapest way to collect this species.
• 0.75-1" (Spiderling): a well-started spiderling, already past the size the species hatches at.
• 0.75-1" FREE WITH QUALIFYING PURCHASE OF $200 (Spiderling): the same well-started spiderling, added free to a qualifying invertebrate order.
• 1-1.5" (Juvenile): past the spiderling stage and a little easier to feed and house day to day.
• 1.5-2" (Juvenile): mid transition toward the adult blue, green and orange coloration.
• 1.5-2" FEMALE (Juvenile Female): the same juvenile size, confirmed female so the sex is already known.
• 1.5" FREE WITH QUALIFYING PURCHASE OF $300 (Juvenile): a juvenile already mid color transition, added free to a qualifying invertebrate order.
• 2-2.5" (Juvenile): closing in on that full adult coloration.
• 2-2.5" MALE (Juvenile Male): the same size, confirmed male.
• 2.5-3" FEMALE (Juvenile Female): full adult coloration already showing, confirmed female.
• 3-3.5" FEMALE (Juvenile Female): full adult coloration and closing in on mature size, confirmed female.
• 3.5-4" MALE (Juvenile Male): confirmed male, at or near the size this sex typically stops growing.
• 3.5" (Juvenile): full adult coloration already showing, unsexed.
• 4-5" MATURE FEMALE (Mature Female): fully grown, showing that blue, green and orange coloration at its best.
• FEMALE 2-2.5" (Juvenile Female): the same size band, confirmed female.
• 1.5-2" MALE (Juvenile Male): the same size band, confirmed male.

Are there any additional notes or considerations for the Green Bottle Blue Tarantula?

• Spiderling Care: GBB spiderlings hatch during the wet season, so they may need a little more humidity than adults. Combined with being almost entirely arboreal as babies, that makes GBB slings a perfect species to practice with for anyone working toward keeping arboreal babies in general.

Listing Notes

• This is the Species Hub for the Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Green Bottle Blue Tarantula, the page that links every size we have of it. Each size we carry has its own listing with its own enclosure guidance, prey size and price, so pick the size below and that page will tell you exactly what the animal in front of you needs.