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title: "Chilean Rosehair Tarantula"
description: "Grammostola rosea — Owady i pająki. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea), also known as the rose hair tarantula, the Chilean fire tarantula, or the Chilean red-haired tarantula (depending on the color morph), is probably the most common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today, due to the large number of wild-caught specimens exported cheaply from their native Chile into the pet trade."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/chilean-rosehair-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chilean Rosehair Tarantula

> Grammostola rosea — Owady i pająki. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea), also known as the rose hair tarantula, the Chilean fire tarantula, or the Chilean red-haired tarantula (depending on the color morph), is probably the most common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today, due to the large number of wild-caught specimens exported cheaply from their native Chile into the pet trade.

- Scientific name: *Grammostola rosea*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `zoo` (Zoo i zwierzęta domowe)
- iNaturalist observations: 1006
- Wikidata: [Q137107](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137107)
- iNaturalist taxon: [202657](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202657)

## Names

- en: Chilean Rosehair Tarantula
- es: Tarántula rosa
- nl: Chileense vogelspin

## Countries with the most observations

CL (654)

## Summary

The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea), also known as the rose hair tarantula, the Chilean fire tarantula, or the Chilean red-haired tarantula (depending on the color morph), is probably the most common species of tarantula available in American and European pet stores today, due to the large number of wild-caught specimens exported cheaply from their native Chile into the pet trade. The species is also known from Bolivia and Argentina.
G. rosea is a common pet of tarantula hobbyists. Females have been known to live as long as 20 years, but due to the limited time they have been available on the market (and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_rose_tarantula

## Photo

![Chilean Rosehair Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chilean-rosehair-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Garcés · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202657

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chilean-rosehair-tarantula?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).