Armored trap door spider

[Boyd Blizard]

Interested in keeping one or two of these, poss breeding. Does anyone here have experience in keeping/breeding this sp? Any input or direction would be appreciated, thanx in advance.

 

[captmarga]

I think this would be answered better in the True Spiders section. Are you talking about the one that has the "chinese seal" on the rump? Fascinating wee beastie!

Marga

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

I think this would be answered better in the True Spiders section. Are you talking about the one that has the "chinese seal" on the rump? Fascinating wee beastie!

Marga

I believe he is probably referring to Liphistius sp. which belong to the suborder of Mesothelae. The one you mentioned is a Mygalomorph. There are some in my area called Ravine Trapdoor spiders and I would love to find one. They really are fascinating.

 

[Hornets inverts]

I believe he is probably referring to Liphistius sp. which belong to the suborder of Mesothelae. The one you mentioned is a Mygalomorph. There are some in my area called Ravine Trapdoor spiders and I would love to find one. They really are fascinating.

I thought they were only found in asia?

 

[John Apple]

nope.... cyclocosmia truncata is found in northern Florida and surrounding areas...

 

[Chris_Skeleton]

I thought they were only found in asia?

The ones in North America aren't the armored ones.

 

[the toe cutter]

I'm getting in some L murphyanus and L malayanus at the end of the month from Malaysia and they are not too difficult to care for, about the same as Haplopelmas honestly. They just need some good moss and bark chips to affix to their burrows and it is generally good to have some degree of incline and high humidity.

 

[John Apple]

nice...when ya get some send me a few ;]