Lampropelma violaceopes
(Singapore Blue Tarantula)

Featured spider picture The spider species Lampropelma violaceopes, commonly known as Singapore Blue Tarantula, belongs to the genus Lampropelma, in the family Theraphosidae. Lampropelma violaceopes spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Lampropelma violaceopes includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Lampropelma violaceopes is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Lampropelma
Species: Lampropelma violaceopes

Other Common Names

Singapore Blue Tarantula

Author

Abraham, 1924

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Lampropelma violaceopes (Singapore Blue Tarantula), with the most recent sighting submitted on December 19, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Lampropelma violaceopes sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 100% of the time, Lampropelma violaceopes spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 1)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Lampropelma violaceopes has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: High foliage (1). Forest (1).