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Orange baboon tarantula

Pterinochilus murinus
Ka ga leina: 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 botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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 tshela kwa
Angola, central and southern Africa and Zanzibar. Colour forms recorded in Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.1
Aforika
Gae
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
Boleele
7,5 cm go ya go 15 cm (3 in go ya go 5,9 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
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!Setshwantsho sa Orange baboon tarantula
Orange baboon tarantula. Setshwantsho: John Lyakurwa. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • 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

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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 go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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 dira eng fa e tshogile?

It is very defensive and will bite if provoked, often without first showing its typical threat display.1

Fa e loma

  • Tlhatswa fa go lomilweng mme o go tsidifatse. Batla thuso ya bongaka fa botlhoko bo le bogolo kgotsa motho a ikutlwa a sa siama.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Orange baboon tarantula e ka nna 15 cm ka boleele (5,9 in)Founu e e botlhale e ka nna 15 cm (5,9 in)Panana e ka nna 18 cm (7,1 in)
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 5 mo molenge ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 200 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)

Orange baboon tarantula e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Pterinochilus murinus
Setlhopha
Ditarantula le di-funnel-web
Lelapa
Theraphosidae2
Lekoko
Araneae
Dikontinente
Aforika
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Pterinochilus murinus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterinochilus murinus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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