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Brachypelma emilia

Mexican Redleg

 

 

Range: Mexico

 

Experience level: Beginner

 

Size: Fully grown 12 cm

 

Growth rate: Medium

 

Type: Terrestrial

 

Temperament: Quite docile but can be skittish

 

Housing: Use a terrarium that will alow at least 10 centimetres of substrate.

 

Retreat/hide: Use about 8 centimetres of peat moss. Place a bark for a starter burrow/hide, this is a opportunistic burrower. When they reach about 7 cm they stay out in the open which make them a good display tarantula.

 

Water requirements: A shallow water dish.

 

Diet: Crickets, mealworms, superworms.

 

Comments: This is a colourful, long lived species, that is easy

to care for.