Luthela yuncheng 1” - 1.5”

Luthela yuncheng 1” - 1.5”size 1 1. 5 These primitive spiders are sometimes referred to as Armored Trapdoor Spiders due to the unique segmentation of the plates on their abdomen. Beautiful red colored spider that builds that classic trapdoor as it ambush hunts any insect that walk near buy it. Found in the Shanxi Province of China, they reach about 2 inches as adults. These spiders were described by a team or arachnologist in the year 2022.

that he only found them living an arboreal lifestyle on broken tree stumps and similar things

Super beautiful royal blue color that almost shines after a molt

- Machine wash: warm (max 40C or 105F)

Not a large spider

I was so excited to see these in the hobby after staring at the picture of one on Rick West’s site for years

size 4” - 6”

Cool spiders and not commonly kept

tailored to the needs of these tiny creatures

These spiders build thier burrows in steep slopped ground in shady areas of the hillsides

You’ll be dead before they are big enough to show any color anyways

but probably become addicted

Described in 1878 by German entomologist Ludwig Carl Christian Koch