Cyriopagopus albostriatus (Thai Zebra) 0.75"

The Thai Zebra Tarantula, Cyriopagopus albostriatus Simon, is a beautiful, sculptural Southeast Asian species famous for its zebra-like patterns of white pinstripes along its black legs. These muscular fossorial members of the bird spider subfamily Ornithoctoninae reach 5” in diagonal leg span and also have vivid dark chevrons on a cream-colored abdomen. Along with other fossorial Cyriopagopus spp., C. albostriatus is often collected and eaten by folks living in remote regions in its range. So if one of these highly defensive spiders throws a threat posture at you, tip your hat and give them space- they have good reason to be ornery around people.  Despite its infamous reputation as having a demeanor of something insane like a chest-burster in Ridley Scott’s “Alien”, most fossorial Cyriopagopus like C. albostriatus are quite shy and secretive tarantulas. They have zero interest in going after people- a common truth for most Old World tarantulas as a whole. These spiders are built like