Habitat: Found in a degraded dry deciduous forests
Location:
This species is endemic to India.
It’s known habitat is in Eastern Ghats, in degraded forests near Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh.
Now researchers have sighted it for the first time beyond Eastern Ghats in the Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu.
Threats: Habitat loss and degradation for logging and firewood harvesting, collection by international pet traders
Key Fact: It is the only blue species of the Poecilotheria genus.
Peacock Tarantula (Gooty Tarantula, Poecilotheria Tarantula, Peacock Parachute Spider)