Typhochlaena seladonia (Brazilian Jewel Trapdoor) 0.25"

The Brazilian Jewel Tarantula, Typhochlaena seladonia Koch is an arboreal trapdoor building tarantula with almost holographic coloration, thanks to their setae sporting luminously vivid metallic structural colors of sky blue, yellow, orange, and pink contrasted by a black chevron. This species resides in the last remaining remnants of lowland, old-growth Atlantic rainforests along the eastern coast of Brazil. These spiders have a particular affinity for residing on the Wild Cashew Tree, Curatella americana, an allergy-causing (urushiol-producing) member of the mango and poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. T. seladonia construct their burrows in small depressions or holes in peat deposits toward the base or top of trees, concealing their hides with a trapdoor constructed of fine-grained humus and/or clay and moss. This species is a compacted, squat member of the New World pinktoe subfamily Aviculariinae, attaining a diagonal leg span of only 1.5-2.5". As one of the few trapdoor-building ta