Trinidad chevron tarantula
The Trinidad chevron tarantula is a large hairy spider that lives only on the island of Trinidad. It spends much of its life in tree bark and crevices, and it is also a popular pet in many countries because it is easy to breed in captivity.1

Co renconuscher el
- Females have dark, chevron-shaped (V-shaped) markings on the abdomen.1
- Females are green, tan or brown, with orange markings on the legs.1
- Males are a more uniform grey or brown, with long legs in proportion to their body.1
- Males keep orange markings on the latter part of their legs.1
- Spiderlings are mostly dark, with pale orange bands on the legs that look like leg warmers. These bands fade as the spider grows.1
Savens confundì cun: The female's orange leg markings are similar to those of P. irminia, another species in the same genus.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 has been studied for possible medical uses, including pain relief and the management of glioma, breast cancer and stroke. It is also of interest for managing cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis. The main active compound studied is psalmotoxin.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.
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 5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auter
pudess currer 100 meters en 200 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Trinidad chevron tarantula cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
The venom is being studied for possible uses in medicine, including pain relief and treatments for some cancers and stroke.1
Spiderlings have pale orange bands on their legs that look like leg warmers. These fade as they grow.1
Males have a much shorter lifespan than females. Their life ends soon after they mature and reproduce.1
P. cambridgei has stridulatory setae (called lyra) on its maxillae. This trait was once seen only in Asian and African species.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Psalmopoeus cambridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Psalmopoeus cambridgei (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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