Giant cave whip spider

Whip Spiders / Vinegaroons

MOQ 50 head

Partners Only

Body ~3 cm; leg span up to ~25 – 27 cm across the very long antenniform legs

Non-venomous and harmless — Charon whip spiders have no venom glands and no sting; they cannot envenomate. The long spined pedipalps can grip but are not dangerous to humans.

Cave- and forest-dwelling charontid whip spider of island and peninsular SE Asia. Clings to cave walls, boulders and tree trunks in deep shade and the twilight zone of caves.

Crickets, roaches, cave crickets, moths and other arthropods seized with the raptorial pedipalps. Nocturnal ambush predator using the feeler-legs to locate prey in darkness.

24 – 28 °C ambient — 22 °C cool end

80 – 90 %. Keep substrate damp and mist regularly; provide steady ventilation.

None required (cave-dwelling / nocturnal). Keep dark.

Crickets and roach nymphs every 5 – 7 days, presented on the vertical clinging surface.

Tall vertical enclosure with cork-bark/rock slabs for clinging and full molting clearance (height ≥ 2 × leg span). 4 – 6 cm moist substrate; min 25 × 25 × 40 cm. Often kept communally with space and food.

Shy, lightning-fast and non-aggressive — sidles away and flattens against surfaces. Harmless but very delicate; readily autotomises legs, so handle minimally.