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Texas brown tarantula

Aphonopelma hentzi

无害对人无害。不用担心。

咬伤吃：肉

The Texas brown tarantula is one of the most common tarantulas in the Southern United States today. It is a large, mostly calm spider that lives in burrows and grasslands. It is not known for being aggressive.1

生活在

Southern United States (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana) and northern Mexico1

北美洲

首页

This is a ground-dwelling spider found in grasslands. It lives underground in burrows, or in logs, stones, or abandoned dens of other small animals. At the entrance of its shelter it lines the opening with silk webbing to sense passing prey.1

长度

10 cm (3.9 in)1

体重

85 g (3 oz)1

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

它吃什么？

The spider lines the entrance of its burrow with webbing to detect prey as it passes by.1

Texas brown tarantula的照片 — Texas brown tarantula。照片：Edoro。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

The body is dark brown, though shades vary between individual spiders.1
The colours look more distinct after a moult.1
Males have black legs and a copper-coloured carapace (the hard shell covering the front of the body).1
Immatures and males come in many shades of brown, with variation in greys and reds.1
Adults can have a leg span over 10 cm and weigh more than 85 g.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

Bites are generally not a serious harm to humans, except in the case of an allergic reaction. Because the fangs are large, the puncture wound can be painful and can become infected if not treated properly.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When disturbed, it rises onto its hind legs, raises its front legs in a threatening pose, and kicks small, coarse urticating hairs from its abdomen towards the threat.1

如果它咬人

Bite wounds should be treated properly to prevent secondary infection. Seek care if an allergic reaction occurs.1
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？

它有多重？

和 85 个回形针一样重

和 3 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）

Texas brown 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)

Texas brown tarantula 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

Narrow-mouthed toads have been seen sharing the tarantula's burrow. The toads gain protection from snakes and eat small invertebrates there, but they ignore newly hatched spiderlings.1

This species is the main prey of the tarantula hawk wasp (Pepsis grossa) in areas where the two overlap.1

Males travel looking for females, usually in the fall, and have been recorded travelling as far as 1.7 km.1

Newly hatched spiderlings often stay with their mother for several days before they disperse to build their own burrows.1

Males usually live little more than a year after they mature.1

给毒液专家

学名: Aphonopelma hentzi
类别: 狼蛛和漏斗网蜘蛛
家人: Theraphosidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: A female can lay between about 200 and 1,000 eggs in a hammock-shaped web inside her burrow, and she guards them. The eggs hatch in 45 to 60 days, and the spiderlings often stay with the female for several days before leaving to make their own burrows.1
寿命: 约 40 年1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3