🪲 Psytalla horrida *nimf

Origin: Africa.

Adaptation: Terrestrial.

Humidity: 50% *for eggs the substrate humidity can be raised a bit.

Temperatures: 23-26° Celsius

Encloser: 40x40x30cm minimum for a group off about 10 animals. give them some bark or eggcrate as hide. substrate is needed for breeding.

Light/heating: not needed.

Water: not needed as moist will come from their pray. for breeding moist substrate will help

Life span: 2 years as adult.

Growth rate: fast, egg to nimf 2.5 month, nimf to adult 8 months

Adult size: 4.5 cm

Adult color: black with red/orange dots and lines.

Food: insects

Toxicity : they can spray a corrosive liquid which often is aimed at the eyes of it’s predator this causes pain and often temporary blindness. Also they can bite hard and pain full.

Cites: no

Difficulty 1-10: 7