Melopoeus sp. "Bach Ma" (Bach Ma Earth Tiger Tarantula) Size:0.5-0.75" Docile Temperament: Calm and manageable

Docile Temperament: Calm and manageable

Perhaps the most orange true arboreal in the hobby

but I notice my many holdback specimens out and have noticed that when given the space these will chase prey a good ways out of the burrow so they are not as reclusive as other fossorial species

Fossorial Behavior — A true deep burrower that will build elaborate tunnel systems given enough substrate

5" before full coloration shows up

Melopoeus sp. "Bach Ma" (Bach Ma Earth Tiger Tarantula) Size:0.5-0.75" Docile Temperament: Calm and manageableMelopoeus sp. "Bach Ma" (Bach Ma Earth Tiger Tarantula) This rare Vietnamese Earth Tiger comes out of the highland forests of Bach Ma National Park recently reclassified from Cyriopagopus to Melopoeus per the 2026 World Spider Catalog revision. The carapace is a rich gold, with gold striping running down a jet black abdomen and black legs with bright gold banding at the joints. A true fossorial Old World species that spends most of its time