Eresus walckenaeri (Orange ring velvet Spider) size:.125 sling Temperament: Fast and skittish but

Temperament: Fast and skittish but not overly aggressive

silk-lined burrows and spends most of its time underground

creating silken retreats in tree hollows and elevated spaces

They will dig deep and elaborate burrows and tend to like damper deep layers with dry upper layers

or a soil mix that holds some humidity

Eresus walckenaeri (Orange ring velvet Spider) size:.125 sling Temperament: Fast and skittish butEresus walckenaeri Mediterranean Ladybird Spider Origin: Found in Greece, Turkey, and parts of the eastern Mediterranean. Size: Females: up to 22. 5 cm body length (around 1 inch). Males: smaller, about 1. 21. 5 cm body length. Lifespan: Females can live 58 years. Males usually live only 12 years after maturity. Lifestyle: Fossorial (burrowing) and web building. Lives in silken retreats in the ground, often with a tube like entrance surrounded by web