Terrestrial, Fossorial, or Arboreal

[tarantulas]

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. I researched Orphnaecus sp. 'Blue' panay Tarantula to pick the proper setup like terrestrial, fossorial, or arboreal. I get some mixed information. I was told it is fossorial, not terrestrial. Although I watched Tom's video, I want to hear about your experience. Thank you so much!

 

[Enn49]

In my experience they are great webbers. My girl filled an 8"x8"x8"container completely with web and spent a great deal of time in the tunnels she'd made but she'd also spend a lot of time on show.

 

[Cor]

In my experience they are great webbers. My girl filled an 8"x8"x8"container completely with web and spent a great deal of time in the tunnels she'd made but she'd also spend a lot of time on show.

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That is a beautiful tarantula!

 

[tarantulas]

In my experience they are great webbers. My girl filled an 8"x8"x8"container completely with web and spent a great deal of time in the tunnels she'd made but she'd also spend a lot of time on show.

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Thank you for sharing, and it's beautiful! So, is it better if I buy a terrestrial enclosure so Blue panay can make a tunnel?

 

[tarantulas]

That is a beautiful tarantula!

I agree!

 

[MBullock]

Just because it climbs stuff doesnt make it arboreal. otherwise we'd call 99 percent of phidippus arboreal, true arboreal animals actually need the tree to just behave normally. even semi arboreal requires similar traits.
for example, a woodpecker has a stiffened tail and zygodactyl feet to allow it to climb trees with ease.
Many of these terms are actually strictly specific and dont just mean something that occasionally crawls onto a higher bush to make an anchor point for its sheet web.

True Arboreal- cant live without a tree, perpetually stressed on anything other than wood or horizontal.

Semi-arboreal- adapted for arboreal life, but routinely forages on ground and can live without a tree.
I believe orphnaecus are actually terrestrial lithophiles. Ive seen pictures of their habitat- it's a bunch of huge boulders devoid of much other than small shrubs.

 

[rapidfire]

Mine is definitely fossorial. I keep mine similar to the way I keep Chilobrachys. They tunnel and web.

 

[Enn49]

Thank you for sharing, and it's beautiful! So, is it better if I buy a terrestrial enclosure so Blue panay can make a tunnel?

Yes, I'd go terrestrial but top opening if you can otherwise you will have problems opening the container.