Lasiodora klugi 1/4” checkout_work Originally described as Aranea venatoria

Originally described as Aranea venatoria all the way back in 1767 by Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus

Easily one of the most striking spiders to enter the hobby in the 2000’s

I find spider’lings do best set up in a 3 dram size jar

However they were recently examined by Germany’s Theraphosid Research Team and determined that they are indeed Thrixopelma pruriens

metallica caused such a buzz in the hobby when they first hit the scene in the early 2000’s that it changed the market for new species forever with prices unheard of until then

Lasiodora klugi 1/4” checkout_work Originally described as Aranea venatoriasize 1 4 One of the largest genera on earth nearly rivaling the size of Theraphosa species. Described in 1841 by German Arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch. These spiders can get 9 as adults and grow at alarming rates. One of the prettier in the genus, Lasiodora klugi gets some nice red abdominal hairs. Easy to keep terrestrial spider.