TikTok star goes viral for making 'cute' spider terrarium home

Ben Newell rose to TikTok stardom for sharing his love of terrariums with the internet and now has 1.1 million nature lovers watching his videos. 

In less than 48 hours the short form tutorial teaching viewers how to make a new home for a spider has received over 300,000 views on TikTok. 

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Ben Newell makes cute spider terrariums (Image: Ben Newell makes cute spider terrariums)

Make your own terrarium like a TikTok star

Mr Newell adds good quality lightweight expanded clay aggregate (leca), good quality terrarium substrate, then he sprinkles it with a little bit of water.

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He also adds grape wood, tradescantia, a fern, and an oak leaf fig inside the container. 

In order to make the home for the spider, Mr Newell uses a front opening container because spiders tend to make webs on the top of the terrariums 

The comments thought the jumping spider was cute (Image: The comments thought the jumping spider was cute)

Although most people either love or hate spiders, most of the people commenting thought the spider was incredibly cute. 

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Ben Newell at the Chelsea Plant Show (Image: Ben Newell at the Chelsea Plant Show)

One commenter said: "HE IS SOOOO CUTE." 

Another said: "Thank you for building her a new home."

A third commenter voiced how most of us feel about spiders and said: "I hate spiders, but this is so cute." 

The comments thought the jumping spider was cute (Image: A terrarium expert has gone viral on TikTok (again) for making a 'cute' spider a home.)

"I've never thought of a spider as cute until now," said another. 

One social media user wrote: "It's so cute but I'm still terrified of it." 

Ben Newell at the Chelsea Flower Show

During the summer the terrarium expert won a gold medal for his display at Chelsea Flower Show. 

Mr Newell showcased over 30 glass terrariums at this year's Chelsea Flower Show this week. 

Ben Newell drove 50 glass terrariums from Worcester to London (and they didn't break) (Image: Ben Newell drove 50 glass terrariums from Worcester to London (and they didn't break))

He said: "We're delighted that all of our hard work has paid off. 

"My terrariums were part of a larger display, and I collaborated with other people.

"Each individual display is judged and given bronze, silver or gold. 

"And we have won a gold medal today.

"I took 50 terrariums and put them in the back of my Honda and drove very carefully to Central London. 

"Every single terrarium made it, thankfully the seat stayed flat." 

The TikTok star always brushes off his social media success but has racked up almost one million followers and his most popular video has over 65 million views.