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Àwòrán kátúùnù Socotra Island blue baboon spider
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Socotra Island blue baboon spider

Monocentropus balfouri
Nípa orúkọ náà: The scientific name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour, and the common name comes from Socotra Island, where the spider is found.1
Ó kàn ń dunniÓ ń dunni, ṣùgbọ́n kò ní ṣe ọ́ léṣe gidigidi.
Tarantula àti funnel-web Ìbùjẹ
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.

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

Ó ń gbé ní
Socotra Island, Yemen1
Éṣíà
Ilé
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
Gígùn
13 cm (5.1 in)3
ìtóbi àgbàlagbà déédé
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 1.6 km/h (0.99 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Socotra Island blue baboon spider
Socotra Island blue baboon spider. Fọ́tò: Arabella Willing. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

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

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Ó ń dunniÓ lè dunni gan-an, ṣùgbọ́n kì í fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ le rárá.

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

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

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

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • Fọ ibi ìbùjẹ náà kí o sì tù ú. Wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn bí ìrora bá le tàbí tí ara ẹni náà kò bá yá.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Níbo ní ayé?

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Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Socotra Island blue baboon spider gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 13 cm (5.1 in)Pínì ìwé (paper clip) nǹkan bí 3 cm (1.2 in)Fóònù alágbèéká nǹkan bí 15 cm (5.9 in)
ó gùn tó bíríkì ìṣeré 4 tí a tò sí ìlà kanlè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 220 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Socotra Island blue baboon spider ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

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

Olùfọ́ àròsọ

Àròsọ: It can kill a dromedary (one-humped camel).

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Monocentropus balfouri
Ẹgbẹ́
Tarantula àti funnel-web
Ìdílé
Theraphosidae2
Ètò
Araneae
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Éṣíà
Àwọn ọmọ
Mother spiders guard an egg sac and care for the young, attacking potential predators that come too close.1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
2 / 5: Ó ń dunni3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Monocentropus balfouri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Monocentropus balfouri (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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