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Venezuelan suntiger

Psalmopoeus irminia

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

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

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

生活在

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

长度

14 cm (5.5 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 1.7 公里/小时（1.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

它害怕时会做什么？

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210 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Venezuelan suntiger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)

Venezuelan suntiger 约 1.7 公里/小时 (1.1 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

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