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Socotra Island blue baboon spider

Monocentropus balfouri

Davart il num: The scientific name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour, and the common name comes from Socotra Island, where the spider is found.1

Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Tarantulas e filiens funnel-web

Morsas

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Viva en

Socotra Island, Yemen1

Asia

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

13 cm (5,1 in)3

grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì

Sveltezza maximala

circa 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Foto da Socotra Island blue baboon spider — Socotra Island blue baboon spider. Foto: Arabella Willing. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

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

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

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

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè lung sco 4 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess currer 100 meters en 220 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Socotra Island blue baboon spider cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Socotra Island blue baboon spider circa 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

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

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

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

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Monocentropus balfouri
Gruppa: Tarantulas e filiens funnel-web
Famiglia: Theraphosidae2
Urden: Araneae
Continents: Asia
Poppins: Mother spiders guard an egg sac and care for the young, attacking potential predators that come too close.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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Monocentropus balfouri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Monocentropus balfouri (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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