Check the lifestage
Spiderlings, juveniles and adults can differ in price, growth speed, visibility and confidence level. Pick the animal you can house properly now, not just the one with the nicest photo.
Shopping guidance
Useful before you choose
Experience matters
Old World species are often quicker and less forgiving. Read the care guide first, use sensible tools, and avoid any plan that relies on handling.
Stock changes quickly
Availability can change as orders come in, so product pages show the current lifestage and stock status. If something vanishes, it probably found a new shelf to sit on.
Browse Old World burrowing tarantulas for sale, with practical fossorial husbandry guidance and current availability.
Birupes simoroxigorum
Usually takes reclusive to dramatic new depths—if you glimpse a flash of blue, consider yourself lucky and assume it’s already retreated with frankly unnecessary haste.
Ceratogyrus darlingi
African fossorial with a penchant for deep burrows, webbed entrances and the odd defensive display. Not for beginners, but a rewarding challenge for experienced hands.
Chilobrachys natanicharum
A brisk-growing, fossorial webber from Thailand, best kept by those with a taste for silkwork, burrowing and a spider that keeps you guessing. Not for handling.
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Harpactira marksi
Prefers a civilised retreat under cork bark, only emerging to redecorate or when a cricket blunders by. Threat postures usually reserved for those who can’t take a hint.
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Harpactira namaquensis
Excels at vanishing acts and subtle landscaping; expect to spot freshly-dug tunnels long before you catch the spider itself considering public appearances.
Harpactira pulchripes
Thinks it's a burrowing architect, but spends most evenings lurking by the front door like a blue-legged bouncer waiting for the local takeaway to arrive.
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Pterinochilus lugardi
Vanishes for days, then materialises at feeding time with Olympic sprinting form and a fondness for silk carpets over every possible entryway.
