Eresus elhennawyi

size 1/4” - 1/8”

A new species of velevet spider to the U.S . that was described in 2023. This black species of velvet spider lives under rocks  where they are native to Morocco and Algeria. 

These spider’lings are super tiny, but very easy to keep. I find spider’lings do best set up in a 3 dram size jar, with nothing but a crumpled up piece of paper towel to build a web on. They will be easy to spot and monitor this way. Once they get bigger they can be set up in something a litter nicer and natural looking. Keep bone dry. Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies will be needed to start with, but they will also scavenge on dead crickets etc left by their web.