Idiothele mira,[1] also known as the blue-foot baboon is a species of fossorial tarantula endemic to South Africa.

[4] Idiothele mira is a small species, with mature females reaching 4.5 inches in diagonal leg span.

[1] Recently moulted tarantulas of this species lack their namesake blue coloration, which develops soon after their molt.

This species construct dense silk linked tunnels beneath rocks or logs in lightly wooded habitats.

Males mature in January and females produce a single hammock like egg sac which is suspended inside its tunnel.