Female The Ho Chi Minh Tarantula (Ornithoctoninae sp. "Ho Chi Minh")The Ho Chi Minh Tarantula (Ornithoctoninae sp. "Ho Chi Minh") is a highly coveted Earth Tiger native to Vietnam. Known for its stunning earth tiger banding, vibrant knee coloration, and viper like feeding response, this Old World fossorial species is an advanced, defensive, and lightning fast tarantula.

It's a fossorial (burrowing) species that builds extensive web tunnels and is known for being defensive and skittish

spends most of its life underground

Size: Grows to a 3 to 4-inch leg span

is a popular

It is highly prized in the pet trade as an ideal beginner species due to its hardy nature

burrowing Old World tarantula native to the tropical rainforests and river banks of West Africa

biologically classified as Hysterocrates gigas

which causes pain but not typically death in humans

"Panama") is a highly coveted

Lifespan: Females live about 8 to 10 years

Features: Large

popular in the pet trade due to its docile nature and non-lethal venom