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SPECIES CARE GUIDE
Brazilian Jewel Tarantula
Typhochlaena seladonia
ENVIRONMENT
Core care conditions
Use these ranges as a starting point and adjust for life stage, enclosure ventilation and observed behaviour.
HUSBANDRY OVERVIEW
At a glance
- Origin
- Brazil
- Lifestyle
- Arboreal (Trapdoor-dwelling)
- Adult size
- 5-6
- Temperament
- Skittish
- Experience level
- Intermediate
- Burrowing
- Does not burrow
- Growth rate
- Slow
CARE NOTES
Keeping considerations
A stunning dwarf arboreal species famous for constructing hinged silken trapdoors against cork bark. Requires a tiny, highly escape-proof micro-enclosure with exceptional cross-ventilation. Provide vertical pieces of cork bark with natural crevices, angles, or pre-made flakes where they can anchor their trapdoors. Keep humidity stable with good ventilation, and provide moisture via light misting or a tiny water droplet source.