Orb Weaver Setup

[Grael]

i really like Orb weavers and was considering getting one, now ive heard people let thiers lose in thier bedrooms and they make a web. As much as id like to do that, i dont think my mother would be amused by a spider living freeing in my bedroom lol

just wondering what kind of enclosure do they need? size? humidity? temp? all the basic into please

thanks

 

[aftershock]

I'm one of those crazy guys who have my orbweavers all around my house. I have two large Nephilas, one living in the window of my livingroom and one in my kitchen window.

I think that the best thing is to have the lose(the ones that make BIG webs. Nephilas etc) but smaller ones like Argiope sp can live in a roomy large container with a lot of branches, driftwood and stuff like that. They need all this to attach their web.

Good luck!
/Martin

 

[OldHag]

I have some kind of Araneus (I tried to get some help identifying it but no one seems to know http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14939) I keep her in a Chameleon screen cage! It works GREAT! I put in some twisty sticks for decoration and so she can anchor her webs. She spins a big ole orb web and I throw in a cricket. Then she'll take down the web until shes hungry again and spin a new one. The cage also contains the TEENY male very well. At least so far no escapes.
Hag

 

[spider]

Hey that one looks like an

Anguler orb weaver/Araneus angulatus