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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 231649" data-attributes="member: 29323">I assume your P insignis is a Pamphobetus insignus? If so it's a Pamphobetus sp. insignus.  Sp means sort of, supposed, similar to a Phamphobetus & the probability is, some hobby importer, choose to call it Pamphobetus insignus. It is a not uncommon practice in the hobby.There are two versions of Pamphobetus insignus. These come from different countries. I believe, the hobby form is from Ecuador & the real insignus, which I do not think is available in the hobby,  is from Columbia. But that is from memory. So I may be wrong.The common name for insignus is Ecuador purple bloom. But a purple bloom is a sp machala. So life can get confusing & that is why we often use both the scientific name & the common name for a species.Care wise, they are reasonably robust. So a good beginner's species. They like their substrate gently moist, across a small area. So gently overflow the water bowl once a week & then move the water bowl every week or two to let that area of substrate dry out totally. To prevent mold.Ignore Hygrometers for measuring humidity. The ones designed for the hobby are far from accurate, the same applies to thermometers.  If a room is warm enough for you in a t shirt. Then your T will be happy. Misting an enclosure in general is pointless, although some of my T's web so heavily, it is the only moisture they get other than water dropped in via a syringe & food. And it is food which provides most of a T's water intake.I never mist T's unless they are heavy webbers  or small slings. And with slings I only mist a small area of the vial side. With heavy webbers, I try to replicate mist or morning dew. Which is where I assume in the wild, they would get most of their water from. And I gently mist once or twice a week & keep the substrate dryer, if I cannot get to it & see it properly. As it is easy to over water substrate & water cannot be removed, but it can be added.</blockquote>

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