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C. lividus "The Cobalt Blue Tarantula" Care

C. lividus "The Cobalt Blue Tarantula" Care

Update: 2025-11-30

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First, we'll take some listener comments and talk a bit about shipping spiders in the winter.

Then, I revisit care for the hobby staple (and the original blue tarantula!) Cyriopagopus lividus or the "Cobalt Blue Tarantula."

Please check out Luis Roque's paper "Reevaluating Spider Nutrition: The Essential Role of Arachidonic Acid in Captivity."

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C. lividus "The Cobalt Blue Tarantula" Care

C. lividus "The Cobalt Blue Tarantula" Care

Tom Moran