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Fringed ornamental tarantula

Poecilotheria ornata

名字的由来： The genus name comes from Greek words meaning 'spotted' and 'wild beast', and 'ornata' means 'adorned'.1

需要看医生很少致命，但被咬了要去看医生。

狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

The fringed ornamental tarantula is a large spider that lives high in trees. It is found only in Sri Lanka, and its bright, patterned body makes it one of the most striking tarantulas. Its bite is considered medically significant, so it is worth knowing about.1

生活在

Endemic to Sri Lanka1

亚洲

首页

It lives in holes in tall trees, where it builds asymmetric funnel webs. Where territory is limited, several spiders may share the same tree.1

长度

25 cm (9.8 in)1

最高速度

约 2.1 公里/小时（1.3 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It mainly eats flying insects. It catches them by hand rather than in its web, then paralyses them.1

Fringed ornamental tarantula的照片 — Fringed ornamental tarantula。照片：Morkelsker。 Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

怎样认出它

The top of the body (carapace) is greenish yellow or purplish.1
Females have yellow undersides, and the thighs of the third and fourth pairs of legs are black with a large blue-grey spot.1
Males are greenish brown, and their markings are less prominent.1
Females can reach a legspan of about 25 cm.1

常被误认为： It is easily told apart from other tiger spiders by its greenish yellow or purplish top side.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

The venom may cause intense pain and extreme muscle cramping. This is judged from the experiences of keepers who have been bitten by this species, rather than from recorded cases of human harm.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重被咬了要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

No death from a tarantula bite has ever been recorded. This species is still considered to have a medically significant bite because of the pain and cramping its venom may cause.1

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处并冷敷。如果疼得厉害或感到不适，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 8 块玩具积木排成一排一样长170 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Fringed ornamental tarantula和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Fringed ornamental tarantula 约 2.1 公里/小时 (1.3 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

It may live in a mutually beneficial relationship with frogs such as Ramanella nagaoi, sharing tree holes that can contain eggs or juveniles from the spider, the frog, or both.1

In a related observation, a frog (Chiasmocleis ventrimaculata) and a different tarantula (Xenesthis immanis) were seen together, with the spider protecting the frog from predators and the frog guarding the spider's eggs from ants.1

When tree holes are scarce, several of these spiders may live together in the same tree.1

Its legspan is probably the second largest in its genus, behind Poecilotheria rufilata.1