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Socotra Island blue baboon spider

Monocentropus balfouri
Ci turam: The scientific name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour, and the common name comes from Socotra Island, where the spider is found.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Tarentule ak atrax Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Dafay dund ci
Socotra Island, Yemen1
Asi
Kër
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
Guddaay
13 cm (5,1 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Socotra Island blue baboon spider
Socotra Island blue baboon spider. Foto: Arabella Willing. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Su màttee

  • Raxas fa mu màtt te sedal ko. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su metit wi dëgëree walla yaramu nit ki baaxul.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Socotra Island blue baboon spider guddaayam lu tollu ci 13 cm (5,1 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na ni 4 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 220 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Socotra Island blue baboon spider ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It can kill a dromedary (one-humped camel).

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Monocentropus balfouri
Mbooloo
Tarentule ak atrax
Njaboot
Theraphosidae2
Toftal
Araneae
Kontinaa yi
Asi
Liir yi
Mother spiders guard an egg sac and care for the young, attacking potential predators that come too close.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Monocentropus balfouri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Monocentropus balfouri (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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