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Golden blue-leg baboon spider

Harpactira pulchripes
Mayelana negama: Its specific name, pulchripes, comes from Latin and means 'beautiful foot'.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The golden blue-legged baboon spider is a tarantula with a bright yellow or orange body and metallic blue legs. It lives in South Africa, and it is prized by tarantula keepers in Europe and America. Its venom is medically significant, so it is best admired from a distance.1

Ihlala
South Africa, including the Grahamstown area (now Makhanda)1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It lives in mainly arid country, at about 580 m above sea level, where the average temperature is 25 °C and average yearly rainfall is 628 mm. It is a fossorial tarantula, meaning it is adapted to digging.1
Ubude
10 cm kuya ku-14 cm (3.9 in kuya ku-5.5 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 1.6 km/h (0.99 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Golden blue-leg baboon spider
Golden blue-leg baboon spider. Isithombe: The LionHeart Experience. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Metallic blue legs that turn vivid orange or yellow closer to the body.1
  • Orange or yellow carapace (the shield over the front of the body) with some black patterning.1
  • The abdomen (rear body) has the same black patterning as the carapace.1
  • Males have longer legs and duller colours than females.1
  • Females have a diagonal leg span of up to 14 cm, while males reach 10 cm.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

This spider has medically significant venom. Little is known about how strong it is.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

This spider has medically significant venom, though little information exists about its strength. It is described as skittish rather than defensive, which is unusual given that its venom is medically significant.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It is skittish rather than defensive, and it is incredibly fast.1

Uma siluma

  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa bese ulipholisa. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha uma ubuhlungu bunamandla noma umuntu ezizwa engaphilile.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Golden blue-leg baboon spider ubude obucishe bube ngu-14 cm (5.5 in)Isibophi sephepha cishe 3 cm (1.2 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-4 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-220 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Golden blue-leg baboon spider mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Most members of its subfamily, the Harpactirinae, are known for being aggressive, but this species is the exception with a noticeably calmer temper.1

2

Although it is incredibly fast, it spends much of its time on display in its webs.1

3

It is a very highly desired tarantula in the European and American tarantula keeping hobby.1

4

Males are smaller, have longer legs and duller colours than the females.1

Umqothuli wezinganekwane

Inganekwane: All baboon spiders are aggressive.

Iqiniso: Most Harpactirinae are known for aggression, but this species has a noticeably more relaxed temper than others in its subfamily.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Harpactira pulchripes
Iqembu
Ama-tarantula nama-funnel-web
Umndeni
Theraphosidae2
Ukuhleleka
Araneae
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Isikhathi sokuphila
cishe iminyaka engu-121
Ingozi ebantwini
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Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Harpactira pulchripes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Harpactira pulchripes (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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