Malaysian Earth Tiger (Cyriopagopus thorelli) Quick stats: Type: Terrestrial burrower, may be semi-arboreal sometimes Size (approx): 2¾" legspan Feeding: Medium to large crickets Enclosure: Medium rectangular pet-pal Substrate: 3" deep potting soil Furnishings: cork shelter Temp/Humidity: 80-84°F, 70-80% humidity Temperment: Not much personality yet, should be fearsome when grown Recieved From: Arachnocentric on 08/04/2000 The C. thorelli's photo album

Starting to look darn good.

Species Information: This species is a rare beauty from southeast Asia. They're an opportunistic type tarantula that will take advantage of whatever hiding spaces are available, or will sometimes burrow.

Feeding: She eats medium to large crickets. Her appetite seems to be modest.

Housing: This spider lives in a medium rectangular pet-pal with a couple inches of potting soil. There's also a cork bark shelter. I try to keep the humidity around 75%. It's usually about 80-84°F in my spider room, where it is kept. Because it's still really too small for a water dish, humidity is maintained by misting and moist substrate. She's got a shallow, multi-chambered, multi-entrance web/burrow in one corner of her cage.

Temperment: It's too small to say yet, but this species (like pretty much all asians) should be aggressive, mean or otherwise unsavory.

Molting:   Date   Old LS   New LS     08/27/2000   ¾"?   1¼"?     09/23/2000   1¼"?   1¾"?     10/25/2000   1¾"?   2¼"     11/28/2000   2¼"?   2¾"?     01/02/2001   2¾"?   3¼"?     04/12/2000   3¼"?   3¾"?

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