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Golden blue-leg baboon spider

Harpactira pulchripes
Ka lebitso: Its specific name, pulchripes, comes from Latin and means 'beautiful foot'.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The golden blue-legged baboon spider is a tarantula with a bright yellow or orange body and metallic blue legs. It lives in South Africa, and it is prized by tarantula keepers in Europe and America. Its venom is medically significant, so it is best admired from a distance.1

E phela
South Africa, including the Grahamstown area (now Makhanda)1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in mainly arid country, at about 580 m above sea level, where the average temperature is 25 °C and average yearly rainfall is 628 mm. It is a fossorial tarantula, meaning it is adapted to digging.1
Bolelele
10 cm ho isa ho 14 cm (3,9 in ho isa ho 5,5 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Golden blue-leg baboon spider
Golden blue-leg baboon spider. Foto: The LionHeart Experience. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Metallic blue legs that turn vivid orange or yellow closer to the body.1
  • Orange or yellow carapace (the shield over the front of the body) with some black patterning.1
  • The abdomen (rear body) has the same black patterning as the carapace.1
  • Males have longer legs and duller colours than females.1
  • Females have a diagonal leg span of up to 14 cm, while males reach 10 cm.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

This spider has medically significant venom. Little is known about how strong it is.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

This spider has medically significant venom, though little information exists about its strength. It is described as skittish rather than defensive, which is unusual given that its venom is medically significant.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It is skittish rather than defensive, and it is incredibly fast.1

Haeba e loma

  • Hlatswa moo e lomileng teng mme o pholise. Fumana thuso ya bongaka haeba bohloko bo le matla kapa motho a ikutlwa a kula.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Golden blue-leg baboon spider bolelele ba e ka bang 14 cm (5,5 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 4 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 220 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Golden blue-leg baboon spider e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Most members of its subfamily, the Harpactirinae, are known for being aggressive, but this species is the exception with a noticeably calmer temper.1

2

Although it is incredibly fast, it spends much of its time on display in its webs.1

3

It is a very highly desired tarantula in the European and American tarantula keeping hobby.1

4

Males are smaller, have longer legs and duller colours than the females.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: All baboon spiders are aggressive.

Nnete: Most Harpactirinae are known for aggression, but this species has a noticeably more relaxed temper than others in its subfamily.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Harpactira pulchripes
Sehlopha
Di-tarantula le di-funnel-web
Lelapa
Theraphosidae2
Tatelano
Araneae
Dikontinente
Afrika
Nako ya bophelo
e ka bang dilemo tse 121
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Harpactira pulchripes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Harpactira pulchripes (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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