Aztec Disk Hide (Jumping Spiders)

🕷️ Aztec Jumping Spider Hide

for terrariums/spider keeping

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🗿 Appearance & Design

The hide is designed like a small, ancient Aztec skull with headdress elements.
The surface appears stone-like or sandstone-like, with fine grooves and structural details that give it a natural, "old ruins atmosphere."

👉 The open jaws create a replica of a cave, accessible from the front — ideal for small, shy animals.

📏 Shape: Head/temple motif with an open mouth-cave, not too large → perfectly scaled for small arthropods.

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🔩 Attachment & Positioning

A special advantage:
✅ The hide can be secured in the terrarium with 2 magnets (5 × 2 mm).
→ This allows it to be easily attached and varied on smooth or magnetic surfaces.
→ No gluing, no drilling, no permanent fixing necessary.

This makes placement particularly flexible:
• Higher on the back wall
• Laterally as a "landing spot"
• At the bottom as a ground cave
→ all easily possible without tools.

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🕸️ Function in the Terrarium

This hide is primarily tailored to the needs of jumping spiders and smaller arachnids:

✔️ Secure Retreat:
The dark, protected interior allows jumping spiders to retreat safely — important during molting or resting phases.

✔️ Territorial Advantage:
Spiders mark their hide, and a clear cave with a defined entrance is preferred by many species.

✔️ Climbing Opportunities:
The structured surface is excellent for gripping and exploring.

✔️ Easy to Observe:
Due to the open mouth shape, the animals can be easily observed – without disturbing them.

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🐾 Suitable Inhabitants

The hideout is particularly suitable for:

🕷️ Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)
🕸️ Small Tarantula Juveniles
🦗 Small Scorpions or Isopods (if compatible)
🐜 Small Invertebrates that use hides

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🧼 Care & Cleaning
• Material: Presumably plastic or resin-based → therefore waterproof and chemically stable
• Cleaning: Simply wash with lukewarm water
→ no decay, no mold, as no organic fibers are contained
• Magnetic attachment: Remove → clean → reattach

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📌 Conclusion

This Aztec hide is:

✔️ functionally designed for the needs of small spiders and invertebrates
✔️ visually a highlight for your terrarium
✔️ flexibly positionable thanks to magnetic attachment
✔️ safe, robust, and easy to clean

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