Genus Thrigmopoeus

Old World 1 species Thrigmopoeus — commonly said as thrig-moh-PEE-us

Indian fossorials from the Western Ghats, T. truculentus and T. insignis, and the market here is defined by a border.

India prohibits wildlife export, and has for a long time. Every legal Thrigmopoeus outside India descends from stock that left before that, so the entire global supply runs on a closed founder population bred in Europe. That is the price story and it applies to every Indian tarantula genus including Poecilotheria.

The animals themselves are moderate-sized burrowers, old world in temperament, drab with some subtle patterning, and undemanding beyond substrate depth. Nothing about keeping them explains the price. The paperwork does.

Species
1
Live Listings
10
Family Typical Index
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median typical advertised price
Entry Price
$32
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.