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Trinidad chevron tarantula

Psalmopoeus cambridgei

Malunga negama: The species name cambridgei honours the arachnologist (spider expert) F. O. Pickard-Cambridge.1

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Ii-tarantula nee-funnel-web

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Trinidad chevron tarantula is a large hairy spider that lives only on the island of Trinidad. It spends much of its life in tree bark and crevices, and it is also a popular pet in many countries because it is easy to breed in captivity.1

Sihlala

Endemic to Trinidad (island in the Caribbean)1

uMntla Melika

Ekhaya

It is arboreal, meaning it lives above ground. It lives in crevices, holes and nooks behind bark, and lines its retreat with sheet-like, tube-shaped webbing. It is also kept as an exotic pet in tall, vertical enclosures.1

Ubude

16 cm (6,3 in)3

ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo besilwanyana esikhulileyo

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It is an opportunistic feeder that eats whatever prey it can subdue. It hunts mainly by ambush, waiting at night and sensing prey through vibrations. In the wild it may eat arthropods and small vertebrates that cross its path.1

Ifoto ka-Trinidad chevron tarantula — Trinidad chevron tarantula. Ifoto: unknown. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Females have dark, chevron-shaped (V-shaped) markings on the abdomen.1
Females are green, tan or brown, with orange markings on the legs.1
Males are a more uniform grey or brown, with long legs in proportion to their body.1
Males keep orange markings on the latter part of their legs.1
Spiderlings are mostly dark, with pale orange bands on the legs that look like leg warmers. These bands fade as the spider grows.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The female's orange leg markings are similar to those of P. irminia, another species in the same genus.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom has been studied for possible medical uses, including pain relief and the management of glioma, breast cancer and stroke. It is also of interest for managing cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis. The main active compound studied is psalmotoxin.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

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

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-5 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-200 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Trinidad chevron tarantula mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Trinidad chevron tarantula malunga ne-1,8 km/h (1,1 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

The venom is being studied for possible uses in medicine, including pain relief and treatments for some cancers and stroke.1

Spiderlings have pale orange bands on their legs that look like leg warmers. These fade as they grow.1

Males have a much shorter lifespan than females. Their life ends soon after they mature and reproduce.1

P. cambridgei has stridulatory setae (called lyra) on its maxillae. This trait was once seen only in Asian and African species.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Psalmopoeus cambridgei
Iqela: Ii-tarantula nee-funnel-web
Usapho: Theraphosidae2
Ucwangco: Araneae
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika
Ixesha lobomi: malunga neminyaka eyi-101
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Psalmopoeus cambridgei (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Psalmopoeus cambridgei (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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