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Does anybody have any info on these ?? Looking around and can’t really find much about them at all. Cheers
I believe @Philth may still be selling someBeen looking for one of these for a while. Apparently hard to come by in the US. Any luck finding one?
Mine burrow and are also out and about, great spidersAs far as I have read or seen they don't burrow. Mine is just 1 1/2" but someone
is selling one that is almost 4". Mine seems to like to be close to her water dish but that may just because she is getting ready to molt. I read a taxonomy on them which said they might have somewhat strong venom and they are quite speedy.
It's also hypothesized that the Australian curtain webs have potentially strong venom, but they are so timid that nobody has ever been bitten. Even when I've held mine, they show one ounce of aggression and prefer to bolt around at lightspeedAs far as I have read or seen they don't burrow. Mine is just 1 1/2" but someone
is selling one that is almost 4". Mine seems to like to be close to her water dish but that may just because she is getting ready to molt. I read a taxonomy on them which said they might have somewhat strong venom and they are quite speedy.
Love the photos so much, they are gorgeous!Just a quick update on these as I’ve been keeping them for a while now.
I have found that of the 2 specimens that I have both had burrowed into the sub with 2 entrances. I keep them relatively damp but on the drier side so not wet to the touch in a mixture of topsoil and sand with moss, leaf litter and twigs. I have very recently rehoused them as they had outgrown their previous enclosures, they have started to cover with webbing i may rethink and introduce more height and some taller anchor points to see if they will build up into the arboreal space. As of yet they haven’t burrowed in their new enclosures and as they are much bigger now roughly 3” they may not feel the need to burrows but time will tell.
I tend to spray lightly randomly over a 2 week period and then leave them be for 2 weeks but keep a full water bowl, I personally haven’t seen them drinking from the dish but that’s not to say they don’t.
These spiders are very quick with a good turn of speed and can easily catch you out, they have never shown any defensive tendencies and would prefer (in my experience) to run or retreat to their burrow, it will be interesting to see if this behaviour remains the same in this larger enclosure and the taller semi arboreal setup I’m hoping to put them in.
I keep these at a mid range on my shelving units with temps between 25 - 26.4 and this tends to suit them well.
I do intend to breed these so will be trying to sex these if a viable moult becomes available. Not much information is found online about these awesome spiders but I’d imagine pairing and future sac production is similar to L fallax and diplurides. If and when I have any success I’ll update this thread once more.
Attached are my most recent images of these exciting spiders.
Cheers
Alfie