This specie is a beautiful cinnamon brown with dark brown femurs and golden highlights. A good addition to your collection. A very hardy and easy to care for and good for beginners. It rarely uses its hide and a good display tarantula.
Crassicrus lamanai
Common name: cinnamon
Class: Terrestrial
Temp/humidity: 78° to 82°F and 70% Himidity
Housing: Rule: Floor space is more important than height, a deep substrate should be provided for burrowing. A good retreat is required. Place a bark on the enclosure for starter burrower. Adults can be kept in large critter keepers. Spiderlings may be kept in small critter keepers or deli cups.
Substrate: Use 4 inches of substrate. On my enclosure I use a mix of coconut fiber/coco peat, vermaculate and peat moss.
Feeding: for spider slings, feed them with pinhead crickets or roach nymphs smaller that their size 2 times a week.. Fruit flies is also good if available. For adults, feed them 5 adult crickets or 3 pieces of 1 inch size B.lateralis roaches weekly.
Water requirements: for spider slings, misting the enclosure 2 times a week is enough. For adult, provide a water dish and misting the enclosure ones a week.
Growth: a slow growing tarantula
Size: up to 5 inches
Temperament: a docile type of tarantula
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