This beautiful little tarantula is a juvenile of a species known commonly as the AMAZON SAPPHIRE PINK TOE TARANTULA or Avicularia diversipes, found in the wild in the Amazon rainforest in South America.

Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula
Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula
Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula
Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula

This little spider has changed a lot in the months since I first acquired him/her! Here are some pictures taken about five months prior to the ones above:

Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula
Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula
Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula

This spider will continue to grow and change colour in the coming months and I am looking forward to sharing its progress here. It is already beautiful but, having seen how stunning adults of this species are, I can guarantee that you will be amazed at the changes it undergoes! S/he is certainly much more attractive now than she was when I bought him/her; the pictures below were taken then, just a few weeks before the pictures above were taken:

Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula
Amazon Sapphire Pink Toe Tarantula