Cobalt blue tarantula
UkulumaThe cobalt blue tarantula is a medium-sized spider with bright blue legs. It lives in tropical rainforests in Myanmar and Thailand, mostly underground. It is popular in the pet trade, so people sometimes meet it in homes.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Medium-sized, with a leg span of around 13 cm.1
- Iridescent blue legs.1
- Light grey body, which may have darker grey chevron markings on the abdomen.1
- Adult males turn light tan or bronze and look longer-legged after their final moult. They also gain mating hooks and a palpal bulb on the pedipalps.1
- Females look the same as males until the males' final moult, and they grow larger than males.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Its venom is not enough to kill a human, but bites can be extremely painful. In a 2001 case from Japan, two people bitten by a pet reported severe pain and inflammation, which faded after several hours. One person had stiffness for a few weeks. Bites can also cause severe muscle cramps.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.The venom is not enough to kill a person, but bites are very painful and can cause inflammation and severe muscle cramps. The species is described as having potent venom, so bites should still be taken seriously.1
Senza ntoni xa soyika?
It is described as a fast and defensive tarantula.1
Ukuba siyaluma
- Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo uze uyipholise. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba iintlungu zinamandla okanye umntu uziva engaphilanga kakuhle.
Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala
Hlala ukhuselekile
- Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
- Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
- Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.
Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-4 zilandelelana
singagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-220 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)U-Cobalt blue tarantula mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
Its blue colour comes from iridescent legs, which shimmer in light.1
Adult males change colour after their final moult, turning light tan or bronze.1
Despite its potent venom, it is a mainstay of the pet trade.1
It is a fossorial species, meaning it spends nearly all its time in deep burrows that it digs itself.1
Females grow larger than males and live for years longer.1
Umqhekezi weentsomi
Intsomi: Tarantula venom is deadly to people.
Inyaniso: The venom of this tarantula is not enough to kill a human, but its bites can be extremely painful.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- Cobalt blue tarantula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Cyriopagopus lividus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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