Thai red-leg vinegaroon

Whip Spiders / Vinegaroons

MOQ 50 head

Partners Only

Body 4 – 6 cm (plus the thin whip-like tail / flagellum)

Non-venomous and harmless — no venom and no sting. Defence is a vinegar-smelling acetic-acid spray from the tail base, which can sting the eyes but is otherwise harmless to people. The robust pedipalps can give a firm pinch.

Thai forest-floor vinegaroon with contrasting reddish legs against a dark armoured body. Burrows in moist soil and hides under logs and rocks in humid lowland and hill forest, foraging at night.

Insects, other arthropods, worms and small slugs, seized and crushed with the heavy pedipalps. Nocturnal predator.

25 – 29 °C ambient — 23 °C cool end

75 – 85 %. Keep the substrate consistently damp with a shallow water dish.

None required (nocturnal / fossorial).

Crickets, roaches and earthworms every 5 – 7 days.

Terrestrial/fossorial enclosure with 8 – 12 cm of deep moist substrate for burrowing and cork-bark hides. Min 25 × 25 cm; humid with good airflow.

Calm and secretive — defends by burrowing and the harmless vinegar spray rather than biting. Will pinch if cornered; an easy, hardy display species rather than a handling animal.