Lasiodora striatipes — Fact Sheet

Lasiodora striatipes · Lasiodora striatipes

📋 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 deep supportive substrate that allows digging and widening of the retreat
• Large cork or bark hide that fits the whole adult
• Broad shallow water dish placed where the spider cannot undermine it
• Light, stable decor; no sharp stones, heavy loose ornaments, or climbing structures
• Keep open height low because a fall can rupture this large spider’s abdomen

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or specialist basking lamp required; ambient room light is sufficient
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of gentle ambient light; no night light
• Keep any plant or display light indirect and monitor drying above the hide
• Avoid bright hot lamps over the low terrestrial enclosure

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 24-27 °C
• Warm zone: 22-27 °C
• Cool zone: 20-23 °C
• Night: 20-23 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Target 65-80% humidity with good ventilation and a shallow dish of fresh water
• Maintain one slightly moist zone while allowing the remaining surface to dry
• Keep spiderlings more reliably hydrated in smaller ventilated containers
• During premolt, raise local moisture toward 80-90%, not the whole enclosure
• Avoid stagnant wet substrate, wall condensation, and waterlogged areas beneath heavy decor

🪳 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.