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Genus Grammostola

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New World 14 species

South America's answer to Brachypelma. Slow, terrestrial, long-lived, forgiving. G. pulchripes and G. pulchra are the two most keepers actually recommend now.

G. rosea, the old pet store default, has earned its reputation for fasting for a year and sitting motionless in one corner. It is not sick. It is a rose hair. Females across the genus can pass twenty years, and growth is glacial.

That slowness is the price structure. A sling is four to six years from adult size, and that patience is what a sexed subadult female is really charging you for. G. pulchra is the case study worth watching: it was a genuinely expensive spider for years, and steady captive breeding has walked the price down without any drop in demand.

Species
14
Live Listings
144
Family Market Index
$104
median market price
Entry Price
$22
Grammostola actaeon
Ubiquitous
Brazilian Red Rump
▲ HEATING
3 live listings · from $78 mkt $175
Grammostola alticeps
Uncommon
Brazilian Bloody Black
0 live listings · from $104 mkt $104
Grammostola anthracina
Ubiquitous
Tawny Red
1 live listing · from $124 mkt $150
Grammostola concepcion
Common
Concepción Gold Tarantula
▼ COOLING
0 live listings · from $78 mkt $78
Grammostola grossa
Ubiquitous
Brazilian Silver
14 live listings · from $51 mkt $120
Grammostola iheringi
Ubiquitous
Entre Rios
▲ HEATING
1 live listing · from $58 mkt $175
Grammostola maule
Chilean Orange Fluff
0 live listings · from $650
Grammostola mendozae
Legendary
Mendozae Tarantula
0 live listings · from $190 mkt $190
Grammostola porteri
Common
Chilean Rose Hair
▼ COOLING
4 live listings · from $60 mkt $75
Grammostola pulchra
Ubiquitous
Brazilian Black
▼ COOLING
17 live listings · from $69 mkt $100
Grammostola pulchripes
Ubiquitous
Chaco Golden Knee
▼ COOLING
36 live listings · from $22 mkt $45
Grammostola quirogai
Ubiquitous
Uruguayan Black Beauty
▼ COOLING
19 live listings · from $51 mkt $85
Grammostola rosea
Ubiquitous
Chilean Rose Hair
▲ HEATING
48 live listings · from $29 mkt $75
Grammostola sp. 'North'
Common
Golden Rose Hair
1 live listing · from $95 mkt $350