Stripe Knee Tarantula (Aphonopelma seemanni)

Stripe Knee Tarantula for sale from Big Z's (Aphonopelma seemanni). Comes with a Spice rating and a care guide, and ships packed for the weather.

Crisp painted stripes on a spider built to dig for its life

Aphonopelma seemanni, the Stripe Knee Tarantula, is a hardy Central American terrestrial wearing clean pale banding down each dark leg. Those crisp stripes ride on a heavy, ground-hugging build, and this spider wants to put that build to work. Give it real depth and it will excavate a proper burrow instead of loitering on a flat display floor.

Beginner friendly, but it keeps you on your toes: it can be skittish and quick to bolt during rehousing, and it kicks urticating hairs, so keep handling off the table and take extra care at transfer time. The setup is simple and specific. Give it 5 to 8 inches of burrowable substrate with a slightly damp lower layer, a hide, and a water dish, then let it dig. The matched care guide has the full dig-depth build.

Full care is in the care guide. It covers enclosure size, temperature, humidity, feeding, molting signs and handling limits for this species. Read the Advanced guide, or the shorter Simple guide →

Lane

Spice 2 · Beginner

Source

WC: wild caught.