Nephila edulis
The Nephila Gold Spider is the last in the ranking among large spiders. This creature can be found in Africa, Asia, South America and Australia. Trees are their home, and on branches they hang strong golden nets up to one and a half meters in diameter. This deadly web is able to keep not only insects, but also small birds. The female of the nephil-gold moth has a body of about 4 cm, and her total size is 13 cm, which is about 1.5 times more than males. The color of the spider is mainly yellow-green with reddish blotches. Its poison is toxic to humans, but does not pose a serious threat.
Social structure and reproduction
Photo: Poisonous teraphosis blond
Females of teraphosis blond begin to build a net after breeding and lay from 50 to 200 eggs in it. The eggs are fertilized with sperm collected from mating after they leave her body, rather than being fertilized internally. The female wraps her eggs in cobwebs and carries a bag of eggs with her to protect them. The eggs will hatch into tiny spiders in 6-8 weeks. It may take 2-3 years for young spiders to reach sexual maturity and reproduce.
Before mating is over, the females will eat a ton of food because they will only protect the bag of eggs after they have already produced it. They will spend most of their time protecting him after mating is complete and will become very aggressive if you try to get close to him. During the mating process, you may witness a "fight" between both spiders.
Tegenaria wall (Tegenaria parietina)
Wall tegenaria lives next to people, in dwellings and buildings. Its length is small up to 15 cm.However, it is impossible to call it small because of its too long curved limbs. It is very difficult to meet tegenaria in nature. This can only happen in caves in Africa or Asia. Color - pale brown, stripes blacken on the legs. The movements are fast, spasmodic. The female representatives are quivering mothers. They take care of the future generation and carry a cocoon with eggs on themselves until the spiders appear. Tegenaria is not poisonous, but due to its large size it has a frightening appearance.
Reproduction
Representatives of this species reproduce all year round.
The male, who has found the female's dwelling, carefully knocks out a drumbeat at its entrance with his paws in order to draw her attention to his person. If the beauty is ready for procreation, she accepts the courting of the gentleman and lets him close to her
After successful mating, the fertilized female weaves a cocoon and lays up to 100 eggs in it.
It is placed in a burrow. Depending on the temperature, the spiders hatch after 8-10 weeks. They are very playful and immediately after their birth scatter in different directions. Their body length is 15-20 mm. Spiders grow quickly and often shed. As they grow older, molts are less frequent, decreasing to 1-2 during the year. Males die shortly after mating.
Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria Brazil)
The Brazilian wandering spider is among the most venomous arachnids on Earth. Its poison is especially dangerous to humans. The body length is about 7 cm, the total length is 17 cm and more. These spiders are running and jumping. The latter in a jump overtake prey (lizards, bugs, small birds). Runners love to get into boxes, boots, hats.People living in South and Central America need to be vigilant.
Arabian Cerbalus (Cerbalus aravaensis)
Cerbalus of Arabia was discovered by zoologists in the recent past (in 2003). The size of this arachnid is up to 20 cm. As a rule, females are much larger than males. Cerbals live in the Arabian, Israeli, Jordanian sandy areas. Disguised as the color of the sand. They go out to hunt only at night, which explains their late discovery in science.
Giant baboon spider (Spider Hysterocrates)
The giant baboon spider is so named because of the similarity in the shape of the limbs to the paws of monkeys. In some individuals, the length of the abdomen is 13 cm, the total length with paws is 30 cm. The habitat is South America. The spider is poisonous, but does not attack first, but, as a rule, defends itself. At the same time, he stands on his hind legs and hisses like a snake. It hunts at night for butterflies, crickets, small mice, and does not disdain relatives.
Food
The giant spider crab is an omnivorous scavenger. The crustacean rarely hunts, collects dead, decaying remains of marine life and plants on the ocean floor. The monster's hunting trophies are small, slow-moving oceanic invertebrates. With their claws, they deftly open the shells of mollusks, they love to feast on live algae.
BELIEVE OR NOT: Seasoned sailors tell horrible stories about how the Japanese spider crab dragged a man from the deck under the water and then feasted on his body. Most likely this is just a terrible tale, but probably the arthropod will not refuse to taste human dead flesh.
Purple tarantula (Xenesthis immanis)
His food addictions include not only birds, but also various insects, amphibians, and rodents. The purple tarantula is found in the rainforests of Colombia, where there are a huge number of different subspecies of this creature. The largest ones reach up to 34.5 cm in length. They have a beautiful black velvet color, their legs are purple or crimson. Purple spiders are harmless.
Camel spider
The camel spider, despite the name, is not related to mammals from the camelid family. The only thing that unites them is the presence of humps. Spiders have humps on their heads. This spider is also called solpuga, phalanx. The dimensions of large individuals of this species reach 30 cm. The color of the solpuga is dirty yellow. He is able to run fast and jump high. The head is equipped with powerful jaws. Salpuga catches rodents, birds, lizards. Although it is not poisonous, the bite is quite painful and can cause sepsis.
Terafosa blond
He is known to many as the goliath tarantula. He is rightfully considered the largest spider, since the length of his body can reach 9 cm, and with outstretched paws - 28 cm. His color is brown or reddish with a red tint.
Goliath tarantulas live on the South American continent. They dig their holes in the ground under the trees or take the shelters of their defeated enemies. They feed mainly on small animals: lizards, rodents, chicks and others. The goliath bite is painful, but only dangerous for allergy sufferers. Despite its nervousness and aggressiveness, this spider is a fairly popular pet. And yet, it is not recommended for novice arachnophiles to start it.
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Salmon pink tarantula (Lasiodora parahybana)
The salmon pink tarantula spider is very beautiful and interesting to watch. Therefore, people often keep it as a pet. His body is no more than 10 cm, fluffy, the middle is black, smoothly turning into gray to the edges. Its shaggy limbs with pinkish inserts reach 30 cm. Habitat in nature - Brazil. Birds and reptiles serve as food for the pink salmon spider. He attacks his victim with lightning speed - no chances.For protection, he has poison on his hairline, which he shakes off, if necessary, raising his front legs. The poison burns a lot and can cause allergies.
Giant Crab Spider (Huntsman Spider)
The giant crab spider is so named because of the curved "crab" limbs, the total size of which is more than 30 cm. The body is about the same as that of other arachnids. He climbs trees perfectly, crawls through cracks, is able to move sideways, and everything is explained by the presence of unusual legs. Representatives of this species have coloration ranging from grayish to black-and-white, the cover of hairs is sparse. Females selflessly protect the offspring. This arthropod lives in Australia. It feeds on frogs, insects and invertebrates. Their bite is not fatal for a person, but there may be a headache, edema, vomiting.
Features of character and lifestyle
Photo: Big terafosa blond
Teraphosis blondes are nocturnal, which means they are most active at night. They spend the daytime safely in their burrow and go out at night to hunt for prey. These creatures are lonely and interact with each other only for reproduction. Unlike many other arachnids, females of this species do not try to kill and there are potential partners.
Teraphoses blondes live a long time even in the wild. As usual for many species of tarantula, females are larger than males. They reach maturity during their first 3/6 years of life and are known to live for about 15-25 years. However, males cannot live that long, their average lifespan is 3-6 years, and sometimes they die pretty soon after reaching maturity.
This tarantula is not friendly at all, do not expect that two individuals of the same species can exist in the same cage without problems. They are very territorial and can easily become aggressive, so the best you can do is have only one of them in the same terrarium. They are the largest species of tarantula known until today, and they are also very fast and aggressive in nature, you would not want to deal with them if you do not have the appropriate experience, and even if you are familiar with tarantulas, it is not recommended to rush to start teraphosis blonde. They are capable of making a certain sound when they sense danger, which can be heard even at a great distance.
Goliath birdeater
The tarantula goliath is in the honorable first place. It is the largest and most terrifying arachnid on Earth. The weight of the furry monster is about 200 grams, the span of the limbs is more than 30 cm, in its mouth it has poisonous fangs measuring 2.5 cm. The spectacle is not for the impressionable. The color of these arachnids is all shades of brown, the paws are covered with reddish hairs, and there are white transverse stripes. This arthropod species lives in South America. He hides in damp burrows half a meter deep. Goliath swiftly attacks victims, bites her with fangs and shakes off paralyzing poison from her hairs. For humans, the poison is not fatal, but it causes a strong allergic reaction. This giant feeds on amphibians, insects, and rodents. Contrary to the name, birds are rarely hunted.
South Russian tarantula
The giant spider belongs to the wolf family. It hunts insects, beetles, caterpillars. Homeland is Asia, they live everywhere, they are found on the territory of Russia, Ukraine. The body is gray-black in color, covered with thick hairs. Size about 3.5 cm. Lives in burrows underground, tree hollows. Rarely appears outside, attacks from his secluded place. Weaves a web at the entrance to the hole, as well as to form a cocoon for the larvae.
The South Russian tarantula bites people when it threatens its own life. At the site of the attack, there is swelling, pain, redness.Children, people with weakened immunity develop weakness, headache, nausea, dizziness.
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