Antilles Pink Toe

Antilles Pink Toe
Avicularia versicolor

This brilliantly colored arboreal spider builds thick tube webs in trees and other vegetation in its native habitat on the Martinique and Guadeloupe islands in the Caribbean Sea. As their scientific name implies these spiders change colors as they get older. With subsequent molts, the blue markings on the abdomen turn light pink, and eventually the entire abdomen becomes bright red in color. The carapace transforms into a stunning metallic green, and lavender and red hairs can be seen on the legs.