Genus Ornithoctoninae

Old World 14 species
Illustration © Mingo Xie / The Silk Ranch Ornithoctoninae sp. 'Vietnam Silver'

Not a genus. A subfamily, and this page exists because a substantial volume of the Southeast Asian trade moves under subfamily-level labels rather than under any genus name.

That is worth understanding. When a vendor lists an animal as Ornithoctoninae sp. plus a locality, they are saying it is a Southeast Asian earth tiger and they do not know which genus it belongs in. Sometimes that is honesty. Sometimes it is a placeholder that will resolve into Cyriopagopus, Omothymus, Phormingochilus or Ornithoctonus once someone does the work.

Husbandry across the group is consistent: fossorial or arboreal depending on species, fast, old world, defensive, with venom that warrants respect. Prices on subfamily-level listings are volatile precisely because nobody knows what they are buying, and they can move sharply when a form gets formally placed.

Species
14
Live Listings
89
Family Typical Index
$90
median typical advertised price
Entry Price
$47
lowest ask now

The line on each tile: lowest ask per day.

Rarity BETA Rarity is supply, and only supply: the tier is how many sellers have ever carried a species, and for a single seller, how many separate listings. Price is not part of it, and neither is how recently it appeared. Tiers are given to tarantula species only.