Haploclastus devamatha help

[Boogerjets]

Hi I am wondering if anyone knows any helpful information about the Haploclastus devamatha tarantula. A lot of the information about them is conflicting with what everyone else is saying.
How big do they get?
Do they grow fast or slow?
How bad the venom is and all that other information that is important to have when you are keeping this species.
I look forward to reading what people have to say thank you for your time.

 

[l4nsky]

Can I ask what conflicting data you're referring to? As far as I was aware, they are a medium (6" or so) moisture dependent, obligate fossorial (Standard Asian species care applies). Growth rate is relatively quick as well, especially compared to NW terrestrials. I haven't heard anything vis a vis venom potency or effects in humans, but it's safe to say it won't be pleasant for a few days and it won't kill you.

 

[BoyFromLA]

other information that is important

It builds a turret burrow, you want to give it some depth in substrate as well as some height.

 

[Boogerjets]

Can I ask what conflicting data you're referring to? As far as I was aware, they are a medium (6" or so) moisture dependent, obligate fossorial (Standard Asian species care applies). Growth rate is relatively quick as well, especially compared to NW terrestrials. I haven't heard anything vis a vis venom potency or effects in humans, but it's safe to say it won't be pleasant for a few days and it won't kill you.

thank you for this information. some sources were saying they they got a max of 2 to 3 inches while others were saying they could get up to 6 inches. There are just a lot of other simple things about their care that were never the same every source was saying something entirely different.

It builds a turret burrow, you want to give it some depth in substrate as well as some height.

Thank you this is good to know

 

[BoyFromLA]

some sources were saying they they got a max of 2 to 3 inches

Where is that source come from?

 

[Boogerjets]

Where is that source come from?

Underground reptiles it is not a very reliable source but there is not a lot of information about this tarantula so I looked at what they had to say.

 

[BoyFromLA]

Underground reptiles

I literally chuckled a bit.

 

[Boogerjets]

I literally chuckled a bit.

I know it is kinda sad

Underground reptiles it is not a very reliable source but there is not a lot of information about this tarantula so I looked at what they had to say.

Everything else was in article’s and official reports on them there doesn’t seem to be anything reliable on this species that is somewhat new btw I know it was discovered in 2014

I just realized that I didn’t say that I got a juvenile Haploclastus devamatha. I got it a week ago and I would like some advice on how to properly keep healthy because I have heard that they can be a little sensitive to things like humidity. And they are expensive little things and I would like it to survive. So if anyone has any advice on this I would love to hear it.

 

[l4nsky]

I just realized that I didn’t say that I got a juvenile Haploclastus devamatha. I got it a week ago and I would like some advice on how to properly keep healthy because I have heard that they can be a little sensitive to things like humidity. And they are expensive little things and I would like it to survive. So if anyone has any advice on this I would love to hear it.

My collection is heavily skewed to moisture dependent species like H. devamatha, although I don't actually have H. devamatha and I mainly keep arboreals, not fossorials. Moisture dependent species care is the same though, it's just the enclosure dimensions and decor that change between fossorials and arboreals. I've completely detailed my husbandry methods for slings (1") to sub adults here: l4nsky's Methodology.

 

[KenNet]

Keep them moist, not wet. Give them vertical space, like on a slope, and access to moss/dry grass to construct a burrow of their like.
They grow fast at first, but then slow down a bit and end up being at about 5" for a female. Shy, but keeping them right you will see them more often. A very beautiful species.

 

[Boogerjets]

View attachment 382791 Keep them moist, not wet. Give them vertical space, like on a slope, and access to moss/dry grass to construct a burrow of their like.
They grow fast at first, but then slow down a bit and end up being at about 5" for a female. Shy, but keeping them right you will see them more often. A very beautiful species.

Thank you