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Ikhathuni ka-Orange baboon tarantula
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Orange baboon tarantula

Pterinochilus murinus
Mayelana negama: The scientific name Pterinochilus murinus comes from the genus name Pterinochilus; the common name refers to its orange colour and the baboon spider group it belongs to.1
Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa ngeke kukulimaze kakhulu.
Ama-tarantula nama-funnel-web UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKungaba buhlungu ngempela, kodwa cishe akukaze kube kubi kakhulu.

The orange baboon tarantula is a large, nocturnal spider, so it is most active at night. It lives in parts of Africa, including Angola, central and southern Africa and the island of Zanzibar. Its bite is not known to be deadly, but it is very painful, so it should be left alone.1

Ihlala
Angola, central and southern Africa and Zanzibar. Colour forms recorded in Kenya, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
Females dig a burrow or move into an existing abandoned one. Adults need a deep layer of soil in captivity, and they are mostly met in the pet trade, where they are popular but not common in pet stores.1
Ubude
7.5 cm kuya ku-15 cm (3 in kuya ku-5.9 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 1.8 km/h (1.1 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
In captivity it is commonly fed crickets, cockroaches and grasshoppers. It can also kill small animals such as mice, small lizards, birds and snakes.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Orange baboon tarantula
Orange baboon tarantula. Isithombe: John Lyakurwa. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Colours range from red and orange to brown.1
  • The carapace has a star-shaped pattern.1
  • The abdomen has a fishbone-like pattern.1
  • The legs often have brightly coloured rings, and the body is covered in short hairs with longer hairs on the legs.1
  • It has no urticating hairs.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

The venom is not known to be lethal to humans, but the bite is considered medically significant. The bite is extremely painful.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

The bite is not thought to be serious, but it is extremely painful. It is considered medically significant, so handling this species is advised against.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

It is very defensive and will bite if provoked, often without first showing its typical threat display.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?

Orange baboon tarantula ubude obucishe bube ngu-15 cm (5.9 in)Iselula ehlakaniphile cishe 15 cm (5.9 in)Ubhanana cishe 18 cm (7.1 in)
side njengezitini zamathoyizi ezingu-5 ezilandelanayosingahamba amamitha ali-100 ngemizuzwana engu-200 (umuntu oshesha kunabo bonke udinga engu-9,6)

Orange baboon tarantula mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Hobbyists nickname it OBT, short for orange baboon tarantula or orange bitey thing, and call it the pterror, a pun on its genus name.1

2

It can be found in five known colour forms, and the colour is thought to be linked to the type of soil where each form lives.1

3

Unlike some New World tarantulas, it has no urticating hairs to irritate the skin.1

4

It builds a tunnel-shaped web.1

5

It is a nocturnal spider, so it is most active at night.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Pterinochilus murinus
Iqembu
Ama-tarantula nama-funnel-web
Umndeni
Theraphosidae2
Ukuhleleka
Araneae
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Ingozi ebantwini
2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Pterinochilus murinus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pterinochilus murinus (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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