{"product_id":"philippine-tangerine-tarantula-selenobrachys-philippinus","title":"Philippine Tangerine Tarantula (Selenobrachys philippinus)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe tarantula that moves in rather than digs in.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelenobrachys philippinus\u003c\/em\u003e, the Philippine Tangerine, got its name back in 2025 after years filed under another genus, and the field record that came with it is the useful part. Where most fossorial tarantulas excavate, this one was found occupying voids that were already there: gaps under boulders and cracks in the slope, on mountain ground near streams on Negros. Those are the species records rather than a claim about where these particular animals came from. Big Z's does not put a locality on a listing it cannot back. These arrived at 0.75 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat one observation changes the build. Give it deep substrate that holds a shape, then hand it a retreat instead of waiting for it to dig one: a cork tube or a stone set into the surface, with a damp lower layer under a drier top and real cross ventilation moving through it. It is fast, Old World, and strictly no-handling, so the catch cup goes in before the lid comes off. Spice Level 4: Advanced. The matched Big Z's care guide has the full build.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Z's Habitats and Arachnids","offers":[{"title":"0.75\" (Sling) CB","offer_id":52825258885437,"sku":"BZ-T-SPHILIPPINUS-075","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/7755\/4493\/files\/philippine-tangerine-tarantula-1_5698300d-9763-4853-8536-ca6ff21148a8.jpg?v=1786730382","url":"https:\/\/www.bigzs.shop\/products\/philippine-tangerine-tarantula-selenobrachys-philippinus","provider":"Big Z's Habitats and Arachnids","version":"1.0","type":"link"}