lasiodora parahybana where does it live

[andy bunn]

hi all

i have a small young lasiodora parahybana which is amazing..its my first tarantula. i just wanted to know if its an arid or burrowing speices?

many thanks

 

[Venom1080]

Well, neither. It's a terrestrial. Overflow the water dish heavily once every couple weeks. They appreciate some humidity.

It may burrow a little bit when young.

 

[Nightstalker47]

L.parahybana was discovered in north-eastern Brazil. I believe they are endemic to that region.

Slings will definitely burrow, whereas adults mostly sit out in the open. They are sub-tropical spiders, so the sub should be kept reasonably moist. Don't worry about humidity.

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Slings/juvies will burrow but they just stay out in the open when bigger.

Keep the substrate slightly moist and you're good.

 

[andy bunn]

thanks all for your kind replies.
i will keep the substrate moist. i have been using coconut core which my Lp loves to burrow in.

i have been reading The Tarantula Keeper's Guide by S and M Shultz and im trying to see into which to speicies Lp fits into
arid speices
obligate burrowers
swamp dwellers
arboreal speices

so i can give it the right care.

 

[EulersK]

arid speices
obligate burrowers
swamp dwellers
arboreal speices

Ignore the "swamp dwellers" name. That book is a bit out of date. Also, "arid species" is more talking about their humidity levels. That's an entirely different topic. Today, the types of setup are:
-Terrestrial
-Arboreal
-Fossorial ("burrowers")
-Webber (often called "semi-arboreal")

Each has their own sub-divisions (many arboreals also burrow, for instance). But as others have pointed out, L. parahybana is a strict terrestrial. It's uncommon for them to even excavate, let alone burrow. But the sling will absolute burrow as has been brought up. They stop burrowing at around the 1.5"-2" mark, after which a typical hide and water dish will do just fine. They enjoy a small bit of humidity, which your climate offers naturally. So simply overfill the water dish once per month or so and call it a day.

 

[viper69]

hi all

i have a small young lasiodora parahybana which is amazing..its my first tarantula. i just wanted to know if its an arid or burrowing speices?

many thanks

You can search Google and let us know what you find regarding its location, let us know what you learn!

 

[andy bunn]

ok viper69 i found this info....

The Salmon Pink Birdeater is a South American spider, hailing from the Atlantic forests of north-eastern Brazil, especially in the Campina Grand area. As such this species is attuned to living in hot, humid environments.

What is perhaps rather surprising is that the Brazilian Amazon rain forest actually experiences a short 4-5 month dry period each year. This helps to explain why the Salmon Pink is so easy to care for in captivity, as it has evolved to cope with the wide range of different climatic conditions experienced in the wild.

lasiodora parahybana is a new world tarantula which means it has bristles that it will throw up to ward off predators or to help catch prey. Also new world speices are more likely to run and hide rather than attack where as old world will attack as a first option.

 

[thevez2]

My 7-8" female is always in her burrow. He's been in my care for about 4-5 years, molted several times, and I bred her and she gave me a successful sac. Through all of that, I rarely see her out in the open.

 

[Dovey]

Welcome to the fancy, Andy!

My first store-bought tarantula was an LP too! He was about the size of my pinky fingernail when I got him. I am a plant person, so I actually raised him on bioactive soil with wee live low-light plants. He grew up with isopods and springtails in the soil keeping everything healthy and tidy, so I didn't have to worry about mold or mites from the moisture in his soil. What's awesome is that in all that time, he never harassed my beloved orange isopods. He was strictly a dubia man.

Wish I could find him a girlfriend! That's a sperm web next to his water dish. Sorry the pictures are so fuzzy. My camera phone is on the fritz. The lighting is a low-wattage LED strip off of one of my aquariums, and it's only on for a couple of hours a day in the evening when I'm home. I live in Arizona, so our natural relative humidity is often in the single digits. I feel like making sure his soil is moist enough for plants to thrive at all times is good for him, as well. He has done very well on bio-active soil and has grown up to be a VERY BIG BOY--that water dish is 5 inches across.

 

[andy bunn]

Welcome to the fancy, Andy!

My first store-bought tarantula was an LP too! He was about the size of my pinky fingernail when I got him. I am a plant person, so I actually raised him on bioactive soil with wee live low-light plants. He grew up with isopods and springtails in the soil keeping everything healthy and tidy, so I didn't have to worry about mold or mites from the moisture in his soil. What's awesome is that in all that time, he never harassed my beloved orange isopods. He was strictly a dubia man.

Wish I could find him a girlfriend! That's a sperm web next to his water dish. Sorry the pictures are so fuzzy. My camera phone is on the fritz. The lighting is a low-wattage LED strip off of one of my aquariums, and it's only on for a couple of hours a day in the evening when I'm home. I live in Arizona, so our natural relative humidity is often in the single digits. I feel like making sure his soil is moist enough for plants to thrive at all times is good for him, as well. He has done very well on bio-active soil and has grown up to be a VERY BIG BOY--that water dish is 5 inches across. View attachment 264969 View attachment 264970

 

[andy bunn]

thats a really nice set up there. my Lp is about 6 months old. I bought it at an insects etc show in Birmingham U.K. last July for £1.50.

Unfortunately I cant sex it as the exuvium is to small.
This is the lastest photo I have.

 

[Dovey]

thats a really nice set up there. my Lp is about 6 months old. I bought it at an insects etc show in Birmingham U.K. last July for £1.50.

Unfortunately I cant sex it as the exuvium is to small.
This is the lastest photo I have.

Andy, you're giving me a major case of baby envy! And what a great price.

 

[thevez2]

And what a great price.

as they should be. when you do get a sac from one usually you're inundated with them. I sold off most of mine for $5 initially. That's why they are normally given away as freebies with order too.

 

[andy bunn]

as they should be. when you do get a sac from one usually you're inundated with them. I sold off most of mine for $5 initially. That's why they are normally given away as freebies with order too.

 

[andy bunn]

thevez2

i read that lasiodora parahybana have thousands of babies more so than many other trantulas

Dovey

my wife went nuts when i bought my Lp. She popped to the toilet and i got the Lp. I just thought how cute it was and still is.

 

[sasker]

which means it has bristles that it will throw up to ward off predators or to help catch prey.

Although I wish that were true, the urticating hairs on most NW tarantulas are strictly for defense and not for hunting. Imagine that, LPs shooting down flying targets to eat. That would be cool!

 

[Dovey]

thevez2

i read that lasiodora parahybana have thousands of babies more so than many other trantulas

Dovey

my wife went nuts when i bought my Lp. She popped to the toilet and i got the Lp. I just thought how cute it was and still is.

Well my guy went from pinky fingernail to spiderzilla in 18 months, and I tend to keep the temperatures on the low side. So get ready to have a big friend around really quickly!

They are essentially the opposite of brachypelmas and aphonopelmas, which you pretty much have to account for in your will if you're over the age of say 40! I got a brachypelma sling just about the same time I got my LP, and they were both equally tiny. That little creature has been rehoused once to a slightly larger pill bottle and is still wayyyy too tiny to even sex. Sometimes I don't think it's even alive, and I'll have to look and see if it moves! Meanwhile, I could put the lp in a cat carrier--or I could carry him around hanging out of my purse, ala Paris Hilton's Chihuahua!

 

[andy bunn]

sasker

there are fish that shoot water up out of the water to catch insects. maybe trantualas could do the same with their bristiles.

i think i read somewhere that some trantulas kick bristles enmass to catch mice?

 

[andy bunn]

dovey

my Lp has had four moults since july so i can quite believe you.

i love the idea of you carrying your Lp in a purse.