Brazilian Black Tarantula (Grammostola pulchra)
Common Name: Brazilian Black Tarantula
Scientific Name: Grammostola pulchra
Physical Description: They can grow up to 7 inches in length and are black and brown in color.
Habitat: They live in grasslands where they can burrow down into the soil.
Range: They live in southern Brazil and parts of Uruguay.
Diet: They eat assorted insects.
Lifespan: Males live 6-8 years on average and females up to 20 years.
Social Structure: They are slow to reach sexual maturity at ~8 years in females where she then lays eggs.
Status: Unlisted
Other: They have urticating hairs like most new world tarantulas!
Scientific Name: Grammostola pulchra
Physical Description: They can grow up to 7 inches in length and are black and brown in color.
Habitat: They live in grasslands where they can burrow down into the soil.
Range: They live in southern Brazil and parts of Uruguay.
Diet: They eat assorted insects.
Lifespan: Males live 6-8 years on average and females up to 20 years.
Social Structure: They are slow to reach sexual maturity at ~8 years in females where she then lays eggs.
Status: Unlisted
Other: They have urticating hairs like most new world tarantulas!
