Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula

Our Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula

The Chilean Rose Haired Tarantula at Scovill Zoo came from a private breeder. They have one of these species at the zoo. It is 6 years old and they have had it at the zoo for most of it’s life. The Rose Haired Tarantula is a female as well as its companion, the Golden Tarantula. There are 850 species of spiders.

Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Size

The Rose Haired Tarantula has a common size of 5-6 inches. The Rose Haired Tarantula’s body is 1.5 inches or longer, and their leg span is up to 5.75 inches.

Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Life Span

Females can live up to 15-20 years. There have been some that have lived over 20 years though. Males live up to 6 years, and in captivity females live up to 3.5 years.

Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Housing

Their usual habitat is in the desert, inside of burrows. The majority of these tarantulas are found in South America. They usually have their burrows sized at about 3 times the size of a regular tarantula.

Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Food

The food that these spiders eat are grasshoppers, crickets, moths, beetles, cockroaches, mealworms, and small insects. The best thing to get for them as a pet is crickets, though.

Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Lighting & Temperature Requirements

If you were to have one of these spiders as a pet, you would need to have their temperature at about 70-80 degrees‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ F. You actually don't need to give them  a light in their cage. They use the light of your room and they don't like it too bright.

Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Substrate

To make their cage feel like their home, you have to put 1-3 inches of sand on the bottom of their cage. They also need a shallow water bowl.

References

To learn more about the Chilean Rose Haired Tarantula, check out this website: tarantulaguide.com

Written by Mr. Barnes' Sixth Grade Class