The Ho Chi Minh Tarantula (Ornithoctoninae sp. "Ho Chi Minh")The Ho Chi Minh Tarantula (Ornithoctoninae sp. "Ho Chi Minh") is a highly coveted Earth Tiger native to Vietnam. Known for its stunning earth tiger banding, vibrant knee coloration, and viper like feeding response, this Old World fossorial species is an advanced, defensive, and lightning fast tarantula.

Temperament: Generally docile and skittish

while males are more brownish

It's a fossorial (burrowing) species that builds extensive web tunnels and is known for being defensive and skittish

making it shy and reclusive

eat insects

It's a popular but challenging pet for experienced keepers due to its speed

they display their distinct adult colors even as tiny spiderlings

and fast growth rate

Females are long-lived

and skittish

popular in the pet trade due to its docile nature and non-lethal venom

Heterometrus spinifer