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Texas brown tarantula

Aphonopelma hentzi
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The Texas brown tarantula is one of the most common tarantulas in the Southern United States today. It is a large, mostly calm spider that lives in burrows and grasslands. It is not known for being aggressive.1

Anaishi
Southern United States (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana) and northern Mexico1
Amerika Kaskazini
Nyumbani
This is a ground-dwelling spider found in grasslands. It lives underground in burrows, or in logs, stones, or abandoned dens of other small animals. At the entrance of its shelter it lines the opening with silk webbing to sense passing prey.1
Urefu
10 cm (3.9 in)1
Uzito
85 g (3 oz)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 1.6 kwa saa (maili 0.99 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
The spider lines the entrance of its burrow with webbing to detect prey as it passes by.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Texas brown tarantula
Texas brown tarantula. Picha: Edoro. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • The body is dark brown, though shades vary between individual spiders.1
  • The colours look more distinct after a moult.1
  • Males have black legs and a copper-coloured carapace (the hard shell covering the front of the body).1
  • Immatures and males come in many shades of brown, with variation in greys and reds.1
  • Adults can have a leg span over 10 cm and weigh more than 85 g.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Bites are generally not a serious harm to humans, except in the case of an allergic reaction. Because the fangs are large, the puncture wound can be painful and can become infected if not treated properly.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When disturbed, it rises onto its hind legs, raises its front legs in a threatening pose, and kicks small, coarse urticating hairs from its abdomen towards the threat.1

Akiuma

  • Bite wounds should be treated properly to prevent secondary infection. Seek care if an allergic reaction occurs.1
  • Osha jeraha na ulipoze. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu kama maumivu ni makali au mtu anajisikia vibaya.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Texas brown tarantula urefu wa takriban 10 cm (3.9 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)

Ana uzito gani?

uzito sawa na vibanio vya karatasi 85
urefu sawa na matofali 3 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstariangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 220 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Texas brown tarantula ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Narrow-mouthed toads have been seen sharing the tarantula's burrow. The toads gain protection from snakes and eat small invertebrates there, but they ignore newly hatched spiderlings.1

2

This species is the main prey of the tarantula hawk wasp (Pepsis grossa) in areas where the two overlap.1

3

Males travel looking for females, usually in the fall, and have been recorded travelling as far as 1.7 km.1

4

Newly hatched spiderlings often stay with their mother for several days before they disperse to build their own burrows.1

5

Males usually live little more than a year after they mature.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Aphonopelma hentzi
Kundi
Tarantula na buibui wa utando wa faneli
Familia
Theraphosidae2
Mpangilio
Araneae
Mabara
Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto
A female can lay between about 200 and 1,000 eggs in a hammock-shaped web inside her burrow, and she guards them. The eggs hatch in 45 to 60 days, and the spiderlings often stay with the female for several days before leaving to make their own burrows.1
Muda wa maisha
takriban miaka 401
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Texas brown tarantula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Aphonopelma hentzi (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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