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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ceratogyrus" data-source="post: 35348" data-attributes="member: 371">Should look more like this:The muticus is native to Eastern Africa, in scrub land and grassland. They live in burrows under the ground. They can have a leg span of more than 7 inches, but are normally about 5 to 6 . They can be orange or a bright brown color. They are slow growing spiders. They have very thick back legs that they use to dig their burrows. For a tarantula they also have potent venom. The bite will cause sharp pains and itch for days.CareThe care for the muticus is pretty easy other than their speed and defensive nature. They need dry substrate that is deep enough to burrow. As always, keep water in the water dish. Also over flow it just a bit, every few days. That will be good enough to keep the humidity where it should be. As long as your home does not get to high above 80 degrees or below 70 then room temperature will be fine. They do get large as adults so will need about 10 inches of substrate to burrow. I would put a hide in until they start to make their burrow after that a hide is not needed. I do not really suggest handling any tarantula. If you want one you can handle though do not pick these ones.</blockquote>