Curly hair tarantula
Tliltocatl albopilosus
Also called curly hair, albo.
A forgiving first tarantula. Burrows, so give it deep substrate. Always alone.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 14 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 30 L, at least 30 cm long
- Temperature
- 22 to 27 °C
- Humidity
- 60 to 75%
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- aggressive
- Eats
- insects
- Swims
- near the bottom
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 20 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether curly hair tarantula fit the tank you have.