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Orange baboon tarantula

Pterinochilus murinus
Ka lebitso: The scientific name Pterinochilus murinus comes from the genus name Pterinochilus; the common name refers to its orange colour and the baboon spider group it belongs to.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 orange baboon tarantula is a large, nocturnal spider, so it is most active at night. It lives in parts of Africa, including Angola, central and southern Africa and the island of Zanzibar. Its bite is not known to be deadly, but it is very painful, so it should be left alone.1

E phela
Angola, central and southern Africa and Zanzibar. Colour forms recorded in Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.1
Afrika
Lapeng
Females dig a burrow or move into an existing abandoned one. Adults need a deep layer of soil in captivity, and they are mostly met in the pet trade, where they are popular but not common in pet stores.1
Bolelele
7,5 cm ho isa ho 15 cm (3 in ho isa ho 5,9 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
In captivity it is commonly fed crickets, cockroaches and grasshoppers. It can also kill small animals such as mice, small lizards, birds and snakes.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Orange baboon tarantula
Orange baboon tarantula. Foto: John Lyakurwa. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Colours range from red and orange to brown.1
  • The carapace has a star-shaped pattern.1
  • The abdomen has a fishbone-like pattern.1
  • The legs often have brightly coloured rings, and the body is covered in short hairs with longer hairs on the legs.1
  • It has no urticating hairs.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?

The venom is not known to be lethal to humans, but the bite is considered medically significant. The bite is extremely painful.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.

The bite is not thought to be serious, but it is extremely painful. It is considered medically significant, so handling this species is advised against.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

It is very defensive and will bite if provoked, often without first showing its typical threat display.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?

Orange baboon tarantula bolelele ba e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 5 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 200 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Orange baboon tarantula 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

Hobbyists nickname it OBT, short for orange baboon tarantula or orange bitey thing, and call it the pterror, a pun on its genus name.1

2

It can be found in five known colour forms, and the colour is thought to be linked to the type of soil where each form lives.1

3

Unlike some New World tarantulas, it has no urticating hairs to irritate the skin.1

4

It builds a tunnel-shaped web.1

5

It is a nocturnal spider, so it is most active at night.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Pterinochilus murinus
Sehlopha
Di-tarantula le di-funnel-web
Lelapa
Theraphosidae2
Tatelano
Araneae
Dikontinente
Afrika
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Pterinochilus murinus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterinochilus murinus (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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E boetse e phela: Afrika

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