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Brazilian Black and White (Nhandu coloratovillosus)
Nhandu coloratovillosus
The Nhandu coloratovillosus, universally known as 'Brazilian Black and White'. It is an imposing Brazilian terrestrial tarantula (6.3-7 inches legspan) very famous for its extraordinary zebra contrasts. The entire body, from the abdomen to the carapace, is thickly covered with a Pitch Black (or blackish Brown) velvet abruptly interrupted by wide and very pure White rings on the joints of the legs, and by a widespread candid and bristly fluff on the back. Equipped with a defensive, neurotic temperament and a prodigious food aggressiveness ('explosive food response'), it is a bulldozer that does not hesitate to rise in threat or to launch powerful clouds of urticating hairs. Fascinating and indomitable.
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Terrestrial
70 - 80 %
24 - 28 °C
21 - 23 °C
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Care, breeding and tankmates
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Origin
Terrestrial invertebrate profile
- Diet
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- Adult size
- 18 cm
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