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Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are arboreal (tree-dwelling). They spin elaborate funnel webs in which they spend most of their time. Spiderlings of C. versicolor are bright blue with a black tree trunk pattern on the abdomen.
The pinktoe tarantula consumes mostly insect prey and is an aggressive feeder. Some of its prey includes crickets, wax moths, grasshoppers, cockroaches and small tree frogs. They sometimes consume small lizards such as Anolis, but vertebrates usually are not a major contributor to its diet. [5]
Avicularia purpurea, also called the Ecuadorian purple tarantula [2] or Ecuador purple pinktoe, [3] is a species of spider belonging to the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). [ 1 ] Distribution
Avicularia is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of arboreal tarantulas.The genus is native to Panama, the Caribbean, and tropical South America. [1] [2] Each species in the genus has very distinguishable pink foot pads.
Avicularia minatrix also known as the Red Slate Pink Toe, Redstripe Pinktoe or Venezuelan Redstripe Tarantula is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, found in Venezuela and Brazil. [1] It was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903, being arboreal in nature and quite reclusive, and also the smallest tarantula of the ...
Martinique pinktoe (Caribena versicolor) Caribena Fukushima & Bertani, 2017. ... Hispaniola giant tarantula (Phormictopus cancerides) Phormictopus Pocock, 1901.
[1] [2] It has been given the English name Amazonian pink toe spider. [3] Under the synonym Avicularia urticans , it is also known as the Peruvian pinktoe tarantula . [ 4 ] It is a large mygalomorph spider, with a maximum body length over 30 mm (1.2 in) and the longest fully extended leg about 60 mm (2.4 in).
When sold as pets, various English names have been associated with the scientific names of this species. As A. avicularia variegata, it has been called the grizzled pinktoe. [2] As A. bicegoi, English names often refer to the red hairs on the abdomen of one colour form – Manaus brick-red rump tree spider, [2] brick red pink toe. [3]