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What are the lightest webbing old world Tarantulas. Every T I read up on of old world origin seems to web a lot and be pretty reclusive?

Cheeky Nhandus

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What are the lightest webbing old world Tarantulas. Every T I read up on of old world origin seems to web a lot and be pretty reclusive?

What are some Old World species you see a fair bit that don't do too much webbing?..
 

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OWs that I have that are visible most of the time are :-
Phlogiellus sp. Baeri - always out and about
Heteroscodra maculata - is out most days

Then I have a few that web a lot but like to sit on top of the web.
Ceratogyrus darlingii
Chilobrachys guangxiensis
Orphnaecus sp negros


 

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My Selenocosmia crassipes web a lot, but are normally visible. The same with my Monocentropus balfouri, lots of webbing, but it's normally out. And my wifes Heteroscodra maculata is normally on the side & in view.

My wifes Poecilotheria metallica has no webbing in it's enclosure & it is always on show & very active. The down side to this is, it's not as easy to feed, add water too etc, as it's very active & prone to heading for the open top & normally at a reasonable pace. By contrast my cressapies is happy to sit half obscured by webbing as I water & feed & my balfouri just stands & threat postures anything & everything.
 

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Just to add. I have a couple of Linothele. These are neither true spiders nor taratulas, but a primitive spider. They are big spiders growing to around 4 inches (10cm) DLS, they web very heavily, are very fast movers & potentially have potent venom & they are really impressive spiders & are often seen on the outside of the webbing.

I have an unsexed juvi Linothele megatheloides & a female Linothele fallax, who is a good 4 inches (10cm) DLS. She looks like the spider of peoples nightmares & I keep her in a glass jar with an action man doll.
 

Cheeky Nhandus

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Just to add. I have a couple of Linothele. These are neither true spiders nor taratulas, but a primitive spider. They are big spiders growing to around 4 inches (10cm) DLS, they web very heavily, are very fast movers & potentially have potent venom & they are really impressive spiders & are often seen on the outside of the webbing.

I have an unsexed juvi Linothele megatheloides & a female Linothele fallax, who is a good 4 inches (10cm) DLS. She looks like the spider of peoples nightmares & I keep her in a glass jar with an action man doll.
With an action man doll lol. Yeah I saw them on Tom Moran's channel. They just pop out and grab the cricket and hide again but they are lightning fast. Very cool to look at.
 

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Both my H. Pulchripes just web around their caves, It depends on how you set them up. If you give them a lot to web to, they will use it. I see both at night roaming the enclosure and sometimes during the day. My 3" female just made a second "hide" spot under a fake plant. She's webbed herself in, but I can clearly see her. She also has a large borrow under a long cork-bark. The enclosure is tall for her size so she will not web up the top. I also dont give her a place to web on the side of the enclosure that opens up. The enclosure I built has a hinged top on one one side, so thats the side I do maintenance from. If I need to do more, then the whole top comes off. The more anchor points you give them the more webbing there will be.
 

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