Raising Baby Shelob — Moss Bioactive Terrarium Build for a Tunnelweb Spiderling

#bioactiveterrarium #ecosystem #mossterrarium She inspired the most terrifying spider in cinema. This is what she looks like when she's just getting started. In this video I'm building a full moss bioactive terrarium for a black tunnelweb spiderling — Porrhothele antipodiana. New Zealand's own Shelob. Tunnelweb spiders are in the same family as tarantulas, just evolved at the bottom of the world and in different ways. This is the complete build: substrate mix, moss bioactive setup, burrow pre-forming, isopod cleanup crew, and the full introduction of the sling into her new enclosure. This build also has no drainage layer, and this might be controversial to some, I explain why. Plus — adult tunnel web spiders, why it works as an ambush predator like trapdoor spiders, and what to expect with such a tiny sling. If you haven't seen the first video on the adult tunnelweb — go there first. This is the follow-up.    • The Most Feared Spider in New Zealand Now ...   🌿 BIOACTIVE SETUP USED IN THIS VIDEO Substrate: Coco fibre / organic topsoil / clay mix Top layer: Live moss Cleanup crew: Isopods / wild soil bugs Enclosure: Acrylic Spider Enclosure 📍 Based in New Zealand Keeping some of the rarest animals on the planet — one species at a time. 🔔 Subscribe for the full Shelob journey — moults, colour change, and everything in between. CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 — Intro 0:31 — Being a Dad and keeping rare animals 1:33 — Spiderling Tunnel Web Spider 2:13 — Context 2:53— About the species 4:26— Interesting learnings 5:30— The Moss Terrarium Build 8:00 — Why no drainage layer and why wild moss 8:58 — Healthy Terrarium Pointers 9:24 — Tunnel Web Spider Facts 10:00 — Introducing to the bioactive terrarium 10:45 — Spider behaviour and feeding 12:12— Terrarium update 12:30 — Baby Shelob feeding 12:44— Outro Based in New Zealand, home to some of the most unique and least-understood creatures on the planet. A lifelong obsession. If you want to see things most of the world doesn't know exist, maybe subscribe. Business: [email protected] Socials: IG:   / maxthegrot   FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... New Zealand gecko keeper | Based in New Zealand Subscribe if you want to follow this journey for these amazing animals in captivity — it's only just started. Subscribe -    / @maxthegrot   #nature #naturelovers #animals #arachnids #arachnophobia #spidersofinstagram #trapdoorspider #tarantula #tarantulafeeding #babytarantula