Chilean rose tarantula
Grammostola rosea
Also called rose hair, chilean rose, rosie.
Ground dwelling and slow. Floor space matters, height is a hazard. Always alone.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 13 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 30 L, at least 30 cm long
- Temperature
- 20 to 26 °C
- Humidity
- 50 to 70%
- 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 chilean rose tarantula fit the tank you have.