The Chilean rose tarantula is a small species of tarantula nativegi to deserts and scrublands of Chile in South America. Female can have a leg span of about 5 inches, with males being smaller. They generally are black or brown in colour with pink coloured hair on their upper body.
They prefer to hunt at night and feed on small invertabrates such as crickets, moths, mealworms and grasshoppers. They have large fangs which they use to inject venom into their prey (their venom has the toxicity as a bee sting so will not kill a human). They also can flick irritating hairs from their abdomen as a defence mechanism. Females can live for up to 20 years with males having a much shorter lifespan of about 5-10 years.
