Phormictopus cautus 2”

Phormictopus cautus 2”The size 2 This rare Phormictopus is fairly new to the U. S. Most of what has been sold in the past as P. cautus turned out to be Phormictopus sp. purple from the Dominican Republic. This spider is the real Phormictopus cautus from Cuba. This reddish maroon colored spider should be kept like others in the genus, in a typical tropical terrestrial type set up. This a smaller species of the genus Phormictopus only reaching a little more than 5 inches or

Easy to keep and breed species

size 3/4”

so use caution around them

Their mild venom is rarley used while they tend to use their large claws to subdue their prey

Described as a Plesiophrictus species in 1915 by British arachnologist Frederic Henry Gravely

Awesome rusty orange legs that can reach a 6 inch leg span

Reaching about 3 inches as adults these spiders spider grow quicky and breed easily on captivity

A easy to keep terrestrial spider that has become hard to find over the years

These and other “Macrothele” type spiders are by far my favorites to keep in captivity

Holothele are appealing to people who have bad reactions to urticating hairs as they lack them all together

From the province of Huaylas and Yungay in the region of Ancash Peru

these spiders build an interesting disk shaped eggsac