Perfect for beginners, the Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula is easily one of the most visually stunning, and longest-lived, tarantulas available today.

Thanks to their relatively calm and relaxed temperament, the Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula is an excellent choice for beginners looking to dive into the fascinating world of tarantula care. Strikingly beautiful and easy to maintain, the Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula will provide years of satisfaction to potential caretakers. The Mexican Bloodleg ranks among the longest-lived tarantula species in the world, and the heavy price tag for one of these spiders reflects the longevity and beauty of the species. Care is relatively easy and inexpensive. The Mexican Bloodleg can easily survive in a ten gallon tank, as long as adequate amounts of water and large insects are provided. The size of this particular species of tarantula is also a benefit - they won't grow very large, reaching a maximum length of three and a half to four inches, with some minor variation. The Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula, unlike many other species of tarantula, is a terrestrial type, preferring the open desert air to the stuffy underground. They are known to burrow, however, and any cage keeping one of these spiders would do best to have some kind of burrowing spot available. Their behavior, while excellent for this type of spider, is still a bit on the paranoid side. They aren't completely docile. A frightened Bloodleg Tarantula will not hesitate to shoot its urticating hairs at whoever it is afraid of, so frequent handling is a bad idea. It is best to let this species relax and live inside its cage, without much interruption from the caretaker. Your Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula will be more than enough to look at, and it is probably best not to irritate it by frequent handling.

The Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula is an excellent choice for potential caretakers, especially in the visual area. Males, in particular, harbor a very special coloring scheme. As young spiders, they will be black with a soft dusting of gold and orange coloring, and as they grow older, these colors fade into a magnificent midnight black. They fit the mold of the common tarantula very well, with a large abdomen and long, powerful legs that carry them swiftly across the desert floor.

The Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula can be found mostly in the deserts of Mexico, near the Pacific Ocean. This species really is the quintessential Tarantula - it is used in many representative photos of tarantulas and can be seen in many films that have tarantulas in them, specifically a lot of old 1950's horror films. The classic image of the tarantula is really represented in this species and anyone viewing your tarantula will recognize it instantly.

Baby Mexican Bloodlegs will easily thrive in a small plastic container with holes punched in the lid. You need to feed them a steady diet of small insects and baby crickets, as well as providing them with water to drink, preferably in a ground-level water pool that they can drink from. Adults will need to be moved to a 10-gallon tank, and be fed a regular diet of large insects, like fully grown crickets, and they can even eat small mice. For soil, a good rule of thumb is to have 5 inches of top soil mixed with a healthy dose of vermiculite. They will thrive in this terrain and will live comfortably in a tank that has enough soil and a place for them to burrow, such as a flower pot set into the soil. Temperature is an important factor in taking care of your Tarantula - you'll need to keep the tank at a warm 70-90 degrees, and the humidity level in the tank needs to be between 70 and 75 percent. Adult spiders can drink from a shallow pool of water set low to the ground.

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