Poecilotheria metallica
(Peacock Parachute Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Poecilotheria metallica, commonly known as Peacock Parachute Spider, belongs to the genus Poecilotheria, in the family Theraphosidae. Poecilotheria metallica spiders have been sighted 1 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Poecilotheria metallica includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Poecilotheria metallica 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: Poecilotheria
Species: Poecilotheria metallica

Other Common Names

Peacock Parachute Spider, Gooty sapphire ornamental, Metallic blue ornamental, Gooty tarantula

Author

Pocock, 1899

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 1 confirmed sightings of Poecilotheria metallica (Peacock Parachute Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on November 9, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 1 sightings because of certain Poecilotheria metallica sightings reporting incomplete data.

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