Binh Thuan whip spider

Whip Spiders / Vinegaroons

MOQ 50 head

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Body 2.5 – 4 cm; leg span up to 18 – 22 cm across the antenniform legs

Non-venomous and harmless — amblypygids possess no venom glands and no sting. The grasping pedipalps may nip if mishandled but pose no medical risk.

Locality whip spider from Binh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam — dry-to-moist coastal and hill forest. Hides by day under bark, rock overhangs and in crevices, emerging onto vertical surfaces at night.

Crickets, roaches, moths and other small arthropods captured with the spiny raptorial pedipalps after detection by the long feeler-legs. Nocturnal ambush predator.

24 – 28 °C ambient — 22 °C cool end

70 – 85 %. Lightly moist substrate with a humid hide and strong ventilation.

None required (nocturnal).

Crickets and roach nymphs every 5 – 7 days, offered near the vertical perch.

Tall arboreal set-up with flat cork-bark/rock for clinging and vertical molting space (height ≥ 2 × leg span). 3 – 5 cm moist substrate; min 25 × 25 × 35 cm. Communal-tolerant.

Shy, fast and nervous — flattens and bolts sideways when disturbed. Harmless but delicate; best observed, not handled.