Eresus cf. moravicus 'yellow' (yellow-faced ladybird spider) 0.125” OOS Cork bark and other enclosure

Cork bark and other enclosure features should be provided as anchor points for web construction

using these structures as both shelter and ambush sites

Recently molted specimens frequently display a pronounced bluish cast across the legs

which has yellow coloration on the prosoma and chelicerae rather than the orange coloration normally seen in that species

Eresus cf. moravicus 'yellow' (yellow-faced ladybird spider) 0.125” OOS Cork bark and other enclosureThese specimens are most commonly labeled Eresus sp. 'balcanicus' in the hobby; however, they are most likely a locality variant of Eresus moravicus, known from the Balkans, which has yellow coloration on the prosoma and chelicerae rather than the orange coloration normally seen in that species.