Aphonopelma seemanni — Fact Sheet

Aphonopelma seemanni · Aphonopelma seemanni

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

• Use the enclosure dimensions, heating, humidity, and safety values from the structured care profile and full care guide.

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• 15 cm of compactable coco fibre mixed with clean soil or clay for a stable deep burrow
• Partly buried cork bark hide to start the tunnel and reduce exposed climbing
• Shallow water dish kept accessible beside, not over, the burrow
• Minimal stable decor and low open height; avoid loose rocks and claw-catching mesh
• Keep a clear maintenance route because this species may bolt when its retreat is disturbed

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or specialist lighting required; normal room light provides the day-night cycle
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of ambient light; no night light
• Keep plant or display lights weak and away from the lid
• Avoid bright or hot overhead lamps that dry the burrow entrance

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 23-26 °C
• Warm zone: 22-26 °C
• Cool zone: 20-22 °C
• Night: 18-22 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Target 60-75% humidity, with a shallow dish of fresh water always available
• Keep the lower burrow slightly moist while allowing the surface and entrance to dry and breathe
• Keep spiderlings in small ventilated containers with a moist lower layer and a drier surface area
• During premolt, raise retreat moisture toward 75-85%, not the entire enclosure
• Avoid saturated substrate, stagnant air, mold, and chronic dryness

🪳 Feeding

• Feed according to the prey type and schedule in the structured care profile; remove uneaten prey promptly.

🩺 Health — warning signs

• Watch for appetite loss, abnormal posture, injury, breathing issues, failed shedding or molting, and sustained weight loss.