Vietnamese All-Red Armoured Trapdoor Spider

True Spiders / Huntsmans

MOQ 20 head

Partners Only

4 – 6 cm legspan

Mild venom — primitive segmented mygalomorph; bite gives local pain only and is not medically significant. Reluctant to bite.

Trade locality given as Vietnam; sold as a vivid all-red armoured trapdoor spider. Builds a silk-lined burrow with a hinged trapdoor and radiating trip-lines in shaded forest soil.

Ground insects ambushed at the burrow mouth when trip-lines are disturbed. Nocturnal sit-and-wait predator.

24 – 28 °C ambient — 22 °C cool end

78 – 88 %. Keep substrate damp; moderate ventilation.

None required (nocturnal, fossorial).

Crickets and roach nymphs near the trapdoor. Every 7 – 10 days.

Fossorial: 12 – 18 cm of firm packed moist substrate for a permanent lined burrow with trip-lines. Min 20 × 20 cm, undisturbed.

Shy and reclusive; bolts into the burrow and seals the door. Hands-off display species.