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Socotra Island blue baboon spider

Monocentropus balfouri
Ko fii innde ndee: The scientific name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour, and the common name comes from Socotra Island, where the spider is found.1
No muusi tunNo muusi, kono gaañataa ma no feewi.
Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The Socotra Island blue baboon tarantula is a large, vivid blue spider that lives on the ground. It is found only on Socotra Island, which is part of Yemen, and it is known for its unusual group behaviour, where mother spiders guard their young. Its venom has not been studied enough to know how strong it is.1

No hoɗi nder
Socotra Island, Yemen1
Aazi
Hello arano
This tarantula is terrestrial, which means it lives on the ground, and it is an opportunistic burrower. It is usually found up to 850 metres above sea level. Socotra has an average temperature of 28 °C, around 193 millimetres of rain a year and an average humidity of 65%.1
Juutugol
13 cm (5,1 in)3
mawnugol mawnuɗo aadaajo
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Goonga!Natal Socotra Island blue baboon spider
Socotra Island blue baboon spider. Natal: Arabella Willing. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • The adult is a striking, vivid blue.1
  • The carapace (top of the front body) and the legs are blue, except for the trochanter (a small joint near the base of each leg), which is cream or grey.1
  • The abdomen is cream or grey and partly blue.1
  • Rare red and amber variants have been seen.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

The potency of its venom is not known. Some people believe it can kill a dromedary (a one-humped camel), but this is most likely not the case.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

How strong its venom is has not been established. When provoked, especially when a mother is protecting an egg sac, it will deliver a fast strike and bite.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When threatened, it rears up on its hind legs and bares its chelicerae (fang-bearing mouthparts) in a characteristic threat pose. Further provocation leads to a fast strike and bite.1

Si no ŋata

  • Loot nokku ŋataaɗo on, ɓuuɓnu. Heɓu ballal doktoro si muusu ngu no tiiɗi walla neɗɗo on no yi'a o selliraali.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Socotra Island blue baboon spider juuti wona 13 cm (5,1 in)Ñippirde kayitaaje wona 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon smart wona 15 cm (5,9 in)
juuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 4 e diisa gootono waawi taccugol meeteruuji 100 nder segonde 220 (neɗɗo ɓurɗo yaawugol sokli 9,6)

Hono Socotra Island blue baboon spider mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

Its vivid blue colour is the striking feature of the adult, although red and amber forms have been seen very rarely.1

2

This tarantula is communal: mother spiders care for their young and will attack predators that get too close to their egg sac.1

3

In captivity, several males and females of different ages can live together without attacking one another, as long as they have enough food and proper care.1

4

Females live for about 10 to 14 years, while males tend to live for only about 3 to 4 years.1

5

Because it is an Old World tarantula, it does not have urticating hairs, the irritating hairs that some New World tarantulas flick at attackers.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: It can kill a dromedary (one-humped camel).

Goonga: Some people believe this, but it is most likely not the case. Its venom potency is not known.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Monocentropus balfouri
Fedde
Taranteeli e funnel-web
Ɓesngu
Theraphosidae2
Ordre
Araneae
Leyɗe mawɗe
Aazi
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
Mother spiders guard an egg sac and care for the young, attacking potential predators that come too close.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Monocentropus balfouri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Monocentropus balfouri (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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