Fringed ornamental tarantula
The fringed ornamental tarantula is a large spider that lives high in trees. It is found only in Sri Lanka, and its bright, patterned body makes it one of the most striking tarantulas. Its bite is considered medically significant, so it is worth knowing about.1

Co renconuscher el
- The top of the body (carapace) is greenish yellow or purplish.1
- Females have yellow undersides, and the thighs of the third and fourth pairs of legs are black with a large blue-grey spot.1
- Males are greenish brown, and their markings are less prominent.1
- Females can reach a legspan of about 25 cm.1
Savens confundì cun: It is easily told apart from other tiger spiders by its greenish yellow or purplish top side.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.
Tge fa ses tissi?
The venom may cause intense pain and extreme muscle cramping. This is judged from the experiences of keepers who have been bitten by this species, rather than from recorded cases of human harm.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.No death from a tarantula bite has ever been recorded. This species is still considered to have a medically significant bite because of the pain and cramping its venom may cause.1
Sch'el morda
- Lava la morsa e sfradenta ella. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche las dolurs èn fermas u sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
uschè lung sco 8 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auter
pudess currer 100 meters en 170 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Fringed ornamental tarantula cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
It may live in a mutually beneficial relationship with frogs such as Ramanella nagaoi, sharing tree holes that can contain eggs or juveniles from the spider, the frog, or both.1
In a related observation, a frog (Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata) and a different tarantula (Xenesthis immanis) were seen together, with the spider protecting the frog from predators and the frog guarding the spider's eggs from ants.1
When tree holes are scarce, several of these spiders may live together in the same tree.1
Its legspan is probably the second largest in its genus, behind Poecilotheria rufilata.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Poecilotheria ornata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Poecilotheria ornata (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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