Paraphysa scrofa

[Kain Prestwood]

Does anyone have a caresheet or basic info on the Paraphysa scrofa?

I have had mine for about 3 months now, and it's yet to eat.

I'm wondering if I am keeping her wrong. I have had a look on the net and found very little other than pictures.

At the moment I'm keeping her in a similer setup as my G rosea.

Cheers

Kain

[Rich.Harrington]

Had a look around and this is all I have come up with so far.

DISTRIBUTION:
This spider comes from near Santiego (Chile). It is also been seen in
Argentina on the West side of the Andes (in low altitude). In order to
achieve good results with this specie you have to take the following in
consideration: The Santiego is under the influence of a
xerothermomediterraneen to thermomediterraneen climate (what ever that is!)
alternating with periods of cold sub-desertic climate. The ideal biotop for
that spider is asubtropical, meaning absolute dryness for 4 months in summer
and really humid from the end of fall to the end of winter. The temparatures
in this region are from 5 to 20, 6 celcius maximum in summer (you will have
to convert to Farenheit, **this sentence is tricky to translate as I do not
fully understand it in it's french version, I do not know if they say from 5
degrees to 20,6 degrees or from 5 to 20 max. with a max. of 6 in summer---I
don't know if you understand what I am trying to tell you!). The dry period
is from 150 to 200 days in total. The rain falls are about 350mm per year
(in a subtropical climate that means fast evaporation). Please nothe that in
the month of March, minimu temparature is 7 and max is 20 celcius, humidity
is at 93%!!!

HOBBY:
For the hobby they suggest a relatively dry substract, water available of
course. Temparature should be near 20 to 23 degrees with a big drop for the
night period. A 2 to 3 month period at a temperature of 15 celcius is
necessary for the good development of the spider. Note that the temperature
drop has to be progressive.

REPRODUCTION:
Feed well the female before mating. Ther is not great danger for the male,
but they say to watch the action. Then a cooler period of one to two months
is necessary for the female after mating (I do the same with my G. rosea and
it works). Female will produce the egg sac after 4 to 6 months mayby more if
you rspect the cooling period suggestion. The egg sac may be taken away from
the female and placed in an incubator after 8 weeks. Incubation period is
about 3 months. You may ahve between 150 to 200 spiderlings.

Growth rate is slow. 4 years for a male and 5 to 7 years for a female
depending of the conditions you keep her. Spiderlings can be separated after
2 to 3 weeks after their birth in order to minimize cannibalism