25+ Linothele Funnel-web Spiders for Sale from 18 Sellers

New World 6 species Linothele — commonly said as ly-noh-THEE-lee
Illustration © Mingo Xie / The Silk Ranch Linothele sericata

Not theraphosids. These are curtain web spiders in Dipluridae, and they behave completely differently: enormous sheet webs with a funnel retreat, and the spider spends its life at the funnel mouth waiting.

L. megatheloides and L. fallax are the traded ones. Fast, long spinnerets, no urticating hairs, and a bite that is not medically serious but is not pleasant. They fill an enclosure with web in a way that makes even heavy-webbing tarantulas look restrained.

They breed readily and cost very little. The genus sits in a strange market position: affordable, easy, genuinely interesting to watch, and largely ignored because it is not a tarantula. That mismatch between quality and price is durable and probably will not correct.

Species
6
Live Listings
23
Family Typical Index
$72
median typical advertised price
Entry Price
$40
lowest ask now