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When tarantulas grow blue hair

Origin of color is unclear, but evolved multiple times

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BLUE HUE  Unusual among nature’s blues, tarantula color doesn’t change much when viewed from different angles. Shown is a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens.

Michael Kern, www.thegardensofeden.org

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Roses are red. These tarantulas are blue. They can’t see their color, so what does blue do?

Among the various tarantula hues, “the blue color is mysteriously widespread, ” says Bor-Kai Hsiung of the University of Akron in Ohio.