Vietnam Highland Earth Tiger

Tarantulas

MOQ 20

Partners Only

13 – 16 cm legspan

Old-World fossorial tarantula with potent, medically significant venom and no urticating hairs. A defensive bite gives intense pain, swelling and cramping.

From the Tay Nguyen central highlands of Vietnam (formerly traded as Ornithoctoninae sp. "Vietnam Highland", now described as Magnacrus taynguyenensis). A burrower of cool, humid highland forest.

Nocturnal burrow ambusher of insects and other arthropods; large adults take small vertebrates.

23 – 27 °C ambient — 21 °C cool end (cooler highland origin)

78 – 88 %. Keep substrate moist with a drier surface; water dish and ventilation.

None required (nocturnal).

Crickets, roaches and locusts. Slings every 4 – 5 days; adults every 7 – 10 days.

Fossorial, 15 – 20 cm of moist packed substrate for deep burrows, cork-bark start-hole and water dish. 25 × 25 cm footprint.

Very fast, defensive and reclusive. Experienced keepers only; strictly no handling.