🕷️ Peacock Tarantula🕷️ Poecilotheria metallica, also known as the peacock tarantula,is an old world species of tarantula. It is the only blue species of the genus Poecilotheria. Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal-like pattern on the abdomen. The species' natural habitat is deciduous forest in Andhra Pradesh, in central southern India. It has been classified as Critically endangered by the IUCN. #tarantulasofinstagram #tarantulashop #tarantulapet #tarantulalove #tarantulahobbyist #tarantulakeeper #tarantulaworld #tarantulacollection #tarantulaindia #tarantulakerala #tarantulaslings #tarantulasoftheworld #tarantulashop #indianornamentaltarantulas #peacocktarantula #poecilotheria #poecilotheriametallica #poecilotheriametallicaofinstagram
It is a Poecilotheria Metallica, also known as the Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula. beautiful! . . .pic:collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #ornamentaltarantulas #tarantulas #tarantula #spider #ornamentaltarantula #arachnid #poecilotheria #animalia #oldworldtarantula #spiders #arachnids #oldworldtarantulas #arthropoda #poecilotheriinae #selenocosmiinae #theraphosidae #mygalomorphae #araneae #arachnida #chelicerata #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamental #indianornamentaltarantulas #indianornamentals #poecilotheriaregalis #pregalis #regalis #invertebrates #invertebrate #tarantulakeeper
🕷️Indian Ornamental Tarantula🕷️ Poecilotheria regalis is a species of arboreal tarantula and is found in parts of India. The common name for this spider is Indian ornamental tree spider, or simply Indian ornamental. It is one of the most popular arboreal tarantulas for amateur collectors. Their leg span sometimes exceeds 7 inches. #tarantulasofinstagram #tarantulashop #tarantulapet #tarantulalove #tarantulahobbyist #tarantulakeeper #tarantulaworld #tarantulacollection #tarantulaindia #tarantulakerala #tarantulaslings #tarantulasoftheworld #tarantulashop #indianornamental #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas #poecilotheria #poecilotheriaregalis #poecilotheriaregalisofinstagram
My Poecilotheria regalis molted again! Let me know if anyone has a male and are interesting in a breeding loan! #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Long time no see, my Poecilotheria regalis! #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
One of my Poecilotheria regalis full growth (17cm) she is a beast!!! #regalis #spider #tarantula #poecilotheria #poecilotheriaregalis #spiders #tarantulas #indianornamental #arachnids #k #paj #indianornamentaltarantula #arachnid #pregalis #indianornamentals #araneae #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #selenocosmiinae #theraphosidae #indianornamentaltarantulas #poecilotheriinae #invertebrate #invertebrates #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #bhfyp
Poecilotheria regalis Indian Ornamental #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
I never really took any photos with flash until now, but man did this come out well. Check out my gorgeous Poecilotheria regalis! #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Here's my setup for the P. regalis female! It's pretty empty so I'm thinking of adding another slab of cork bark so she feels more comfortable exploring. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Poecilotheria are so beautiful. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Here she is, my gorgeous Indian Ornamental after her molt! I'm excited to breed her, P. regalis is one of my favorite Poecilotheria species. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
This is just wild, check out this Poecilotheria regalis exuvia! She molted maybe a day or two ago judging by the dexterity of the molt, and it is huge!! One of my favorite things about this genus is some of the species possess a vibrant yellow coloration under their first four legs that aids in warding off predators! Normally, I'd struggle to capture said feature, but now I can show it off in it's entirety with this molt! This was one of the P. regalis from @urbantarantulas communal, check out his page for some awesome tarantula and isopod content! #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Here's another picture of my Poecilotheria regalis female! I traded this gorgeous girl for my MM B. hamorii-which right now we're looking to find a female to breed with. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Poecilotheria regalis flattening against the cork bark! #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
I managed to capture the yellow on the underside of my P. regalis legs! They use that vibrant yellow coloration to ward off predators by throwing up their front set of legs and bearing their fangs! It's an incredibly intimidating sight, as the yellow shocks and confuses predators and keepers alike. Several species of Poecilotheria have this bright yellow underneath their front set of legs, however not all of them possess this same feature, some only being white on the ventral with their respective black banding, varying from species to species. Usually, this aids in identifying different species. For example: P. regalis, P. striata, P. fasciata, P. ornata, and P. rufilata. I think P. smithi does as well, but I'm not 100% on that one. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
I took my new Poecilotheria reglis out for some photos, and these came out amazingly well! Most of you know that Poecilotheria can be extremely skittish, and that can be extremely offputting given their venom potency. One of the probable reasons for this specimen being so tolerant of me actually has to do with it's previous living arrangement. This P. regalis was kept communally with up to 40 others of it's species. I believe that being kept communally taught the tarantulas to behave much less impulsively as to not trigger the feeding response of it's fellow flat mates. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
Indian Ornamental Tarantula #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas
So the this is my 0.1 Poecilotheria regalis! This is the first Pokie I considered getting long before my interest in them piqued, and now I've got this gorgeous girl! Check out my story to see her new enclosure. DISCLAIMER: Don't handle Poecilitheria unless you're okay with a potentially cripplingly painful envenomation/ risk of injuring skittish tarantula that will attempt to crawl towards your face. #animalia #arthropoda #chelicerata #arachnida #araneae #mygalomorphae #theraphosidae #selenocosmiinae #poecilotheriinae #poecilotheria #regalis #pregalis #poecilotheriaregalis #invertebrate #invertebrates #arachnid #arachnids #spider #spiders #tarantula #tarantulas #oldworldtarantula #oldworldtarantulas #ornamentaltarantula #ornamentaltarantulas #indianornamental #indianornamentals #indianornamentaltarantula #indianornamentaltarantulas