Eresus sp. “balcanicus” 1/8”-1/4” Crew neck Canopy Flat Top: Another arboreal

Canopy Flat Top: Another arboreal extension lid

This spider was known as Haplopelma lividum as it was originally described in 1996

Like all Holothele species

Beautiful undescribed species sometimes incorrectly sold as Hapalopus formosus

These were described all the way back in 1837 by French scientist Charles Walckenaer

Eresus sp. “balcanicus” 1/8”-1/4” Crew neck Canopy Flat Top: Another arborealsize 1 4 Velvet spider! This is a very sought after true spider from the Mediterranean. These spiderlings are super tiny, but very easy to keep. I find spiderlings do best set up in a 3 dram size jar, with nothing but a crumpled up piece of paper towel to build a web on. They will be easy to spot and monitor this way. They will ship in a 3 dram so there is no need to buy additional housing for this spider at the moment. Once they get bigger they can