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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Socotra Island blue baboon spider
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Socotra Island blue baboon spider

Monocentropus balfouri
Ka lebitso: The scientific name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour, and the common name comes from Socotra Island, where the spider is found.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-tarantula le di-funnel-web Ho loma
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela
Socotra Island, Yemen1
Asia
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
13 cm (5,1 in)3
boholo bo tlwaelehileng ba e hodileng
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
Ka nnete!Foto ya Socotra Island blue baboon spider
Socotra Island blue baboon spider. Foto: Arabella Willing. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

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 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

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.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

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

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Socotra Island blue baboon spider bolelele ba e ka bang 13 cm (5,1 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)

Socotra Island blue 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

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Monocentropus balfouri
Sehlopha
Di-tarantula le di-funnel-web
Lelapa
Theraphosidae2
Tatelano
Araneae
Dikontinente
Asia
Masea
Mother spiders guard an egg sac and care for the young, attacking potential predators that come too close.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Monocentropus balfouri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Monocentropus balfouri (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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