# I Can't Believe It's Not Photoshop: technicolor tarantula version **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043 "2019-03-13T03:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/1 "2019-03-13T03:00:17Z")
I was looking up greenbottle blue tarantulas\*-- themselves an [utterly stunning species](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjLktGSjP7gAhWDdN8KHVsdBoUQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reptilecity.com%2FMerchant2%2Fmerchant.mvc%3FScreen%3DPROD%26Product_Code%3DGBBTT&psig=AOvVaw36LQ7IS6li58Q5whf2vCxO&ust=1552531355675923)– when I came across an Instagram photo that I thought had to be fake, or at least heavily altered. No way did spiders come in _that_ vivid a shade a blue. I’d seen too many “blue” and “purple” critter pics in the past, and I wasn’t going to take just take it at face value. Well, lo and behold. [Gooty sapphire tarantulas](https://www.google.com/search?q=Poecilotheria+metallica&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgFuLSz9U3MCosN0zJUUJia-lkJ1vpJ2Xm5-SnV-rnF6Un5mUW58Yn5yQWF2emZSYnlmTm51kVZ6aklidWFi9iFQ_IT03OzMkvyUgtykxUyE0tSczJASoDAA49a71iAAAA&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy053ti_7gAhVDc98KHcJPAcEQ_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=938) are really a thing (albeit only blue in direct light). I can’t swear that [every](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/ef/86/7bef86ef6eb3918c5cf0e9a344d214fb.jpg) [picture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Poecilotheria_metallica.jpg) is 100% unmodified, but even the less-saturated ones are [incredible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFUGOmyu36A). This is the coolest thing I’ve learned all day. \*because my friend just got himself a juvenile greenbottle. He’s promised to send pictures when he has them. She sounds gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/2 "2019-03-13T03:48:01Z")
Try [this](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2019/mar/06/the-ultimate-lovely-legs-competition-the-worlds-nine-most-beautiful-spiders) recent article. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/3 "2019-03-13T04:09:08Z")
Those are all some amazingly beautiful spiders. I had no idea some could be so colorful! Best to your friend and his new crawly pal. 🙂 Share pics when you get them, will you? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/4 "2019-03-13T12:18:17Z")
Far out! Those are some groovy spiders. I bet if all the spiders were colored like that we would have way less cases of arachnophobia. Who could be afraid of a blue and purple creepers?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/5 "2019-03-13T13:30:01Z")
I remember a year or so ago, someone posted a link to photos of a very beautiful tarantula, larger than my hand and daffodil yellow. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/6 "2019-03-13T13:36:02Z")
Surely the winner in the full-color spider contest is the [peacock spider.](https://youtu.be/d_yYC5r8xMI?t=80) Unlike the OP’s tarantula, they even win the dance competition. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-its-not-photoshop-technicolor-tarantula-version/831043/7 "2019-03-13T17:24:50Z")
I did notice an error in the care instructions on the Greenbottle page in your first link. It says: [ul] [li]20 gallon aquarium with locking top.[/li][/ul] The actual requirement goes like this: [ul] [li]20 gallon aquarium WITH LOCKING TOP.[/li][/ul]