Camaroon red tarantula (Hysterocrates gigas)

Quick stats:
Type: Deep burrower
Size (approx): 2@1¼"? unsexed
Feeding: Medium sized crickets
Enclosure: 16 oz. spice jar
Substrate: 3" deep potting soil
Furnishings: None yet.
Temp/Humidity: 80-84°F, 70-75% humidity
Temperment: Still small, but should be aggressive
Recieved from: Swift's Invertebrates on 10/26/2000

The photo album for the H. gigas.

  H. gigas
H. gigas.

Species Information:
This deep burrowing, aggressive african is known for its fondness of moisture.

Feeding:
Small to medium crickets will make up the bulk of these Ts' diet. 		 Crickets! Mmmmm, tasty!
Still eating little ones.

Housing:
These spiders currently live in a couple of those 16 oz. spice jars. They will probably need something bigger quite soon though. The substrate is a few inches potting soil. There's a piece of cork bark for climbing.

I try to keep the humidity around 70-75%. It's usually about 80-84°F in my spider room, where they are kept. Because they're still really too small for a water dish, humidity is maintained by misting and moist substrate.

Both T's immediately constructed deep burrows once they were put in their cages.

Temperment:
This species should be aggressive once it is grown.

Molting:
Note: I missed some molts between 04/19/2001 and 05/10/2001.
#1
 Date  Old LS  New LS 
 11/13/2000  ¾"?  1"? 
 12/07/2000  1"?  1¼"? 
 01/03/2001  1¼"?  1½"? 
  #2
 Date  Old LS  New LS 
 11/14/2000  ¾"?  1"? 
 12/08/2000  1"?  1¼"? 
 01/08/2001  1¼"?  1½"? 
 03/28/2001  1½"?  1¾"? 

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