A group of Thai researchers discovered a new species of tarantula with a distinctive electric blue color. About the species: The tarantula, named Chilobrachys natanicharum, is one of the world's rarest, according to its discoverers. Lead author Dr. Narin Chomphuphuang, an entomologist, said the spider's color does not come from blue pigments, but its hair, which incorporates “nanostructures that manipulate light to create this striking blue appearance.
A group of Thai researchers discovered a new species of tarantula with a distinctive electric blue color. About the species: The tarantula, named Chilobrachys natanicharum, is one of the world’s rarest, according to its discoverers. Lead author Dr. Narin Chomphuphuang, an entomologist, said the spider’s color does not come from blue pigments, but its hair, which incorporates “nanostructures that manipulate light to create this striking blue appearance.”