Can I keep it?

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Setup

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–28°Ambient

One ambient band, 24–28°C. This sheet states no warm side, no cool side and no night figure, so none are shown. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet states24-28 °C

Humidity

70–80%Target RH

The sheet states70-80%

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. thetarantulacollective.com

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Day

Drag the sun. Pumpkin Patch is Nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light.

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

substrateclimbing branchwarm hidewater70–80 % RH20 cm15 cm
warm hideclimbing branchwatersubstrate
50100150200 cm
20 × 20 × 15 cmWidth × depth × height
4dm² of floor
Warm side: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states20×20×15 cm with web anchors

Substrate
Coco fibre/peat, 6–8 cm
Hides / decor / water
Cork bark, branches for webbing, water dish

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 20 × 20 × 15 cmbecause Enclosure — 20×20×15 cm with web anchors
A thermometerbecause Temperature — 24-28 °C
A hygrometerbecause Humidity — 70–80%

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Food

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7 dAs an adult
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesSmall crickets, roach nymphs, flightless flies · Adults 1×/wk; slings 2–3×/wk

Staple food
Small crickets, roach nymphs, flightless flies
Feeding frequency
Adults 1×/wk; slings 2–3×/wk
Supplements
None (whole prey)

Daily life

Behaviour and handling

HandlingNot recommended (fast, fragile)
CommunalNo (cannibalistic)
Defense / stress signsBolting, hiding in web tunnels, rarely kicks hairs

Health

Common health problems

Common health issues
SignsDehydration, fall injury; short-lived dwarf
Red flags / quarantine
SignsLethargy, curled legs, no feeding; quarantine 30–60 d

The species

Identity

Adult size

True scale, against a 1.75 m person

1.75 m6–10 cm

Logarithmic, the same axis on every sheet

1520100400 cm
6–10 cmNose to tail, adult

The size the sheet states for a grown animal.

Why

Two drawings, because they answer two questions. The silhouette is at true scale against a 1.75 m person: it says how big this animal actually is, which no number does for someone who has never seen one. The bar under it is logarithmic and shared by every sheet here, so a 2 cm isopod and a 4 m python both stay readable on the same axis and two species can be compared at a glance.

Order / Family
Araneae
Origin
IUCN / CITES
Not evaluated; CITES not yet in our data
Difficulty
Intermediate
Commonality
Common in SEA/Thai trade
Adult size
6–10 cm legspan (dwarf)
Lifespan
F 5–8 yr / M 2–3 yr
Growth rate
Fast
Activity & niche
Nocturnal · Terrestrial (heavy webber)
Temperament
Skittish, fast, bold eater
Venom / defense
Urticating hairs (mild venom)

Reproduction

Life course

Day 0Hatch
5–8 yrLifespan in care
5 yrMinimum commitment
Sexual maturityNot in our data

Read from the lifespan and maturity the sheet states, for animals in care and not in the wild.

Why

The minimum commitment is the low end of that lifespan, and the reproductive window is what is left after maturity: both are subtractions on stated figures, not figures of their own.

Reproduction
M mature <1 yr; ventral sexing; 1 sac ~20–80 eggs

Good to know

  • 'Pumpkin patch' pattern; tiny but a bold eater
Terrestrial · temperate · humidFrom the sheet: 24–28°C, humidity 70–80%

The way of life is written in this sheet, word for word. The climate words summarise the two figures above them, they do not add to them.

National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

Questions & sources

Back to the Atlas My keep

https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/hapalopus-sp-colombia-formosus-complex

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What this sheet states

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TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.