Native Habitat

To acquire a comfortable and suitable habitat for your pet tarantula you must do a little research. Look into where your tarantula's breed originates from. There you can get an idea for climate conditions and environmental surroundings. Certain tarantulas require different humidity levels and temperatures then others. Due to various regional locations it is suggested to adjust housing conditions for some species.

Tropical Moist Climates (rainforest): Rainfall is heavy year round. The total annual rainfall is often more than 250 cm. (100 in.). There are seasonal differences in monthly rainfall but temperatures of 27°C (80°F) mostly stay the same. Humidity is between 77 and 88%.

Annual Precipitation: 262 cm. (103 in.)

Global Position: Amazon Basin; Congo Basin of equatorial Africa; East Indies, from Sumatra to New Guinea.

Wet-Dry Tropical Climates (savanna): A seasonal change occurs between wet tropical air masses and dry tropical air masses. As a result, there is a very wet season and a very dry season. Trade winds dominate during the dry season. It gets a little cooler during this dry season but will become very hot just before the wet season. Mean monthly temperatures is from 18°C (64.4°F) to above 25°C (77°F).

Annual Precipitation: 0.25 cm. (0.1 in.). All months less than 0.25 cm. (0.1 in.)

Global Range: India, Indochina, West Africa, southern Africa, South America and the north coast of Australia.

Dry Tropical Climate (desert): These desert climates are found in low-latitude deserts approximately between 18° to 28° in both hemispheres. these latitude belts are centered on the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, which lie just north and south of the equator. They coincide with the edge of the equatorial subtropical high pressure belt and trade winds. Winds are light, which allows for the evaporation of moisture in the intense heat. They generally flow downward so the area is seldom penetrated by air masses that produce rain. This makes for a very dry heat. The dry arid desert is a true desert climate, and covers 12% of the Earth's land surface. Hot and dry deserts temperature ranges from 20°C (68°F) to 25°C (77°F). The extreme maximum temperature for Hot Desert ranges from 43.5°C (110.3°F) to 49°C (120.2°F).

Annual Precipitation: 0.25 cm (0.1 in) all months less than 0.25 cm (0.1 in).

Global Range: southwestern United States and northern Mexico; Argentina; north Africa; south Africa; central part of Australia.

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