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Socotra Island blue baboon spider

Monocentropus balfouri

名字的由来： The scientific name honours the collector Isaac Bayley Balfour, and the common name comes from Socotra Island, where the spider is found.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛

咬伤

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

生活在

Socotra Island, Yemen1

亚洲

首页

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

长度

13 cm (5.1 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 1.6 公里/小时（0.99 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

Socotra Island blue baboon spider的照片 — Socotra Island blue baboon spider。照片：Arabella Willing。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

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

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 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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

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 4 块玩具积木排成一排一样长220 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Socotra Island blue baboon spider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)

Socotra Island blue baboon spider 约 1.6 公里/小时 (0.99 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Its vivid blue colour is the striking feature of the adult, although red and amber forms have been seen very rarely.1

This tarantula is communal: mother spiders care for their young and will attack predators that get too close to their egg sac.1

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

Females live for about 10 to 14 years, while males tend to live for only about 3 to 4 years.1

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

谣言粉碎机

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

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

给毒液专家

学名: Monocentropus balfouri
类别: 狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛
家人: Theraphosidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 亚洲
宝宝: Mother spiders guard an egg sac and care for the young, attacking potential predators that come too close.1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3