Common Name: Orange Baboon Tarantula
Scientific Name: Pterinochilus murinus

Status: Captive bred

Country of origin - Mombasa (and surrounding African countries)
Habitat: Ground dwelling
Suitability:  Not for beginners, very aggressive

My Opinion:
Another fast moving, aggressive Baboon tarantula, probably one of the oldest species of tarantula to be kept in captivity in this country. They have certainly been around since I started keeping spiders over 30 years ago but in those days they were all the regular brown colouration (known as the Golden Starburst Baboon) which is becoming rarer now as the Orange colouration has become more popular. They are very pretty spiders but always 'up for a fight'. They do seem to give plenty of warning as they rear up with fangs outstretched (a scary sight). This spider also builds a thick web. Sometimes called the OBT, some say it stands for Orange Baboon tarantula but most say it means "Orrible Bitey Thing"!

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It is difficult to give a size for the spidersas stock is constantly changing. Generally, the small size is a spiderling upto 1.5cm body length (small will be SMALL), juvenile is a grown on spiderlingwith a body length of about 1.5cm, medium 2cm to 4cm and a large is 4cm tofully adult (but a lot depends on the species!)

If you would like me to measure the bodylength of any medium or large spider, please send me an email. I cannot measurethe body length of small and juvenile size spiders as they are constantlychanging.

I am happy to send a photo of any spider that you are interested in, just email me!

All spiders are unsexed unless stated.