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Venezuelan suntiger

Psalmopoeus irminia

名字的由來： The second name, irminia, honours Irmi Oberhuber, the life partner of F. Saager, who first described the species in 1994.1

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

捕鳥蛛和漏斗網蜘蛛

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

The Venezuelan suntiger is a tarantula that lives in the forests of northern South America. It spends much of its life in holes and crevices above ground, and it is a popular pet in the exotic pet trade. Its striking black and orange colours are the main reason it is so well known.1

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Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil1

南美洲

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It is an arboreal tarantula that lives in crevices and holes above ground. It lines these retreats with sheet-like or tube-like webbing, often with leaf litter and other material from its surroundings woven in. It builds similar retreats when kept in captivity.1

長度

14 cm (5,5 in)3

一般成體大小

最高速度

大約 1,7 km/h（1,1 mph）

在陸地上, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It mainly eats invertebrates, which are small animals without a backbone.1

Venezuelan suntiger 的照片 — Venezuelan suntiger。照片：avocat。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Black, with vibrant orange markings on the abdomen and legs.1
Adults of both sexes have orange 'flame' markings on the legs, and the abdomen has a chevron pattern.1
Once mature, the male turns entirely grey or grey-brown, keeping orange only on the tarsi (the last leg segments).1
Mature males have much 'leggier' proportions than females.1
Spiderlings are orange-red on the carapace (the upper body shell), with black legs and a black abdomen. They gradually gain adult colours with each moult.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When threatened, it may flee into its retreat or raise its front legs and show its fangs in a threat posture. If it cannot escape, it bites. It does not throw urticating hairs, unlike most New World tarantulas.1

如果牠咬人

清洗咬傷處並冷敷。如果很痛或傷者覺得不舒服，要就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

跟 4 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 210 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類需要 9.6 秒）

Venezuelan suntiger 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻陸龜 大約 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Venezuelan suntiger 大約 1,7 km/h (1,1 mph)

一個正在走路的人 大約 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Adult males change colour dramatically after their final moult, turning from black with orange to mostly grey.1

The undersides of its tarsi and metatarsi are iridescent, and they are visible during its threat display, which probably helps the display work.1

Psalmopoeus species lack the urticating hairs that most New World tarantulas use to defend themselves.1

Mature males spin special sperm webs, onto which they deposit sperm and then store it in their palpal bulbs (copulatory organs) ready for mating.1

The species is classed as a Psalmopoeus because it has stridulatory setae, also called a lyra, on its maxillae. No other described New World species has this trait.1