100+ Poecilotheria Tarantulas for Sale from 48 Sellers

Indian and Sri Lankan arboreals, the ornamentals, and the most consequential genus in the hobby for reasons that have nothing to do with looks.

The venom is medically significant. Bites cause severe muscle cramping that can persist for days and occasionally requires hospital treatment. That is documented, not folklore, and it should govern how anyone approaches the genus regardless of how calm a given specimen seems.

All Poecilotheria went onto CITES Appendix II in 2019, which changed the market permanently. International movement now requires paperwork, domestic captive-bred stock became the only practical source in most countries, and prices reset upward across the board. P. metallica, the blue one, carries the largest premium and always has. It is said they’re communal-tolerant, but cannibalism risk among adults is high. Pokies are fast in a way that video does not convey. They do not sprint. They teleport.