Acanthoscurria geniculata (Brazilian Giant White-Knee) 0.25"

Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula, Acanthoscurria geniculata Koch, is a beautiful, robust, and colorful tarantula that attains a large size (8.25" diagonal leg span), is quite hardy and a fantastic display species for beginners. A Tim Burton steampunk dreamboat, A. geniculata is a strikingly black base color contrasted with screaming white-striped bands on the distal (furthest from the body) face of each leg segment and zebra-like striping on the patella ("knees"). The legs and abdomen also are lined with long salmon-pink setae. The coxa and trochanter at the base of each leg and the base of the chelicerae are lined in creamy pink setae, while the carapace is cloaked in black velvet-like hairs.   A. geniculata is native to lowland wet, tropical rainforests with little to no dry season in the Amazon Basin, Northern Brazil. They are a terrestrial species that opportunistically burrows under rocks and logs in the wild. A. geniculata is a suitable species for beginners to those having interme