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A very attractive spider, even from slings they have striking markings on there feet. The adult female has bright orange patterns on the abdomen and legs. In the wild these spiders live in humid forests constructing silken tubes along tree trunks, not far off the ground, and can also be found making nests in house walls. The spiders will camouflage their silken retreats with leaves and other substrates. I was impressed with this behavior when only 30mm long to carry and cover the outside of the hole with wood chipping from the floor of its enclosure, all on the first night I placed the spider into its new home. So in captivity the spider needs an arboreal set up and prefers a darker enclosure, with plenty of hiding places. My Suntiger tarantula lives in a vertical placed hollow bark on moist a Peat mix, to help keep a stable high humidity. I add other small pieces of bark chipping and dead leaves, as it will use these very cleverly to seal and camouflage the entrance. Not until adult size did I start to see it wandering its enclosure. A very fast spider with plenty of attitude even when very small it tries to defend its self with a threat display, and fast growing, females maturing within two years, crickets always get eaten during the night, always exciting filming this type of spider.
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