Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Brachypelma
Species: B. smithi
Binomial name:
Brachypelma smithi
Until it bites you
because people hunt them for pets
It is possible that moulting can make your Mexican Red Knee Tarantula not to eat. Other signs that it is moulting is that it looks weak, it is always hiding, it does not move and the skin looks dark.
You should feed it!
Mexican Golden Red Rump Tarantula like other tarantula eats insect or what they called feeders. Feeders might be cockroaches or crickets.
A Red Knee Tarantula lives in Mexican Rain forests. native to the western face of the pacific sierra madre mountains mexico.
Mexican Red Knee Tarantula signs that it is about to moult are that it looks weak, it is always hiding, it does not eat, it does not move and the skin looks dark.
You can find out the age of your tarantula by finding todays date and subtrating the birthdate of the spider from this. Simple really!
the Mexican red knee female can live up to 30 yrs.
males are 33 inches and the females are 28 inches long
Yes they do have venom. But it is only deadly to small insects such as crickets and locusts. The venom is to be known as painful as a bee sting, but this can differ depending if you are allergic to the chemical structure of the venom
The Mexican red knee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii) is native to the deserts of Mexico, specifically found in the region of Baja California. They prefer arid and scrubland habitats, typically residing in burrows or underground tunnels to avoid extreme temperatures and predators.