Orange Armoured Trapdoor Spider
Liphistius sp.
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Category
True Spiders / Huntsmans
Minimum order
MOQ 20 head
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Overview
Adult Length
2.5 – 3.5 cm body; undescribed Thai morph with orange-tinted leg articles.
Venom
Mesothele mygalomorph with mild, non-medically-significant venom; large fangs give a sharp mechanical bite at worst. Reclusive and rarely defensive.
In the Wild
Habitat
Thai-endemic Liphistius (undescribed orange morph). Lives in a silk-lined trapdoor burrow on shaded earth banks and forest slopes, with radiating silk signal lines. 0 – 900 m.
Wild Diet
Ground arthropods — ants, beetles, crickets and roaches — seized at the trapdoor when they touch the signal lines.
Captive Care
Temperature
24 – 28 °C ambient — 22 °C cool end
Humidity
75 – 90 %. Keep deep substrate consistently moist; never allow the burrow to dry.
UV Requirements
None required (nocturnal / fossorial).
Feeding
Crickets and roaches near the trapdoor. Adults every 7 – 10 days; slings every 4 – 5 days.
Enclosure
Fossorial — 8 – 12 cm of compactable moist substrate against a sloped surface for the trapdoor burrow; min 15 × 15 cm. Disturbance-sensitive — leave alone once established.
Temperament
Shy and reclusive; vanishes into the burrow at any vibration. Not a handling species — display only.
Distribution in Thailand