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
- Nicaragua
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Adult size
- 15
- Temperament
- Docile
- Experience level
- Beginner
- Visibility
- Box of dirt
- Burrowing
- Enthusiastic burrower
- Growth rate
- Slow to moderate
CARE NOTES
Keeping considerations
Aphonopelma seemanni, a calm terrestrial burrower from Central America, suits beginners. Enclosures require deep substrate, secure hides and moderate humidity; feeding varies by stage from twice weekly for spiderlings to every 3–4 weeks for adults. Adjust feeding by abdomen size relative to carapace. Aphonopelma seemanni is docile and burrowing; captive breeding reduces wild demand. Males mature in 4–7 years, females in 8–10; pair at night, remove males post-mating. Egg sacs follow winter diapause.
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