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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chubbs" data-source="post: 50779" data-attributes="member: 1084"><p>H.maculata is arboreal, but they will normally burrow when young, and even adults tend to build their retreats closer to the ground. I still give mine a tall enclosure with a cork bark slab to climb on. I use the same substrate for the majority of my tarantulas, which is either eco earth or peat moss. I take it you have some experience with old world species, otherwise you would not have purchased this species <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>