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Nature presents us with various mysteries. We are used to that large views usually are higher in the food chain than small ones. And it seems that spider bugs feed on nectar or plant sap, birds feed on these spider bugs, birds are eaten by animals or more strong birds. And here, on you, is a tarantula spider, how can an arthropod defeat a bird!? Let's try to figure this out.

Tarantula spider: lifestyle, nutrition, breeding

As always, at the beginning of the article we will give brief description kind of animal, so that the reader can immediately imagine what, in fact, it’s about we're talking about Who is this tarantula spider? It turns out that there is a whole family of tarantulas of various sizes and colors. These spiders are so interesting and varied that some people now enjoy breeding tarantulas.

Spider Biology

These spiders got their name thanks to the engravings of the German artist and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian. These engravings depicted how huge spiders ate hummingbirds. It happened at the end of the seventeenth century, when this outstanding woman traveled around South America, in particular in the territory of modern Suriname.

Description

Tarantulas are huge spiders of the family of the same name, which includes many various types, which have the following similar features:

  1. The size of the animal is enormous for an arachnid, 20-30 centimeters in leg span.
  2. These spiders do not weave patina, but are ambush predators.
  3. All these arthropods have an exotic coloring that becomes more intense with each subsequent molt.
  4. Huge furry limbs.
  5. The body is covered with a dense exoskeleton made of chitin.

Help from Wikipedia. An exoskeleton is an external type of skeleton in some invertebrate animals. It forms protective armor like knightly armor and does not have a cellular structure. In terms of relative strength, the exoskeleton is one of the best fabrics in nature!

The body structure of tarantulas is similar to all representatives of arachnids: cephalothorax, abdomen and eight limbs:

  • four legs;
  • two are chelicerae for capturing prey, digging burrows, and so on;
  • two pedipalps that perform the function of touch.

By the way! The hairs on the legs of spiders are organs of smell and hearing!

Nutrition

In fact, tarantulas rarely eat meat; their digestive system is so complex that it requires more tender and easily digestible (remember the miniature about rabbits?) food. But the diet of these spiders is exclusively carnivorous; they are also classified as so-called strict predators.

Our help! Strict, or obligate, carnivores are animals that feed exclusively on other animals without eating plant foods.

The diet of tarantula spiders may include the following species:

  • birds;
  • small rodents;
  • insects;
  • arachnids;
  • amphibians;
  • fish.

Lifestyle

Various tarantulas live on different levels biosphere. There are spiders that live in the crowns of trees, and there are individuals that live in the grass. Still other arthropods of this family prefer a burrow lifestyle. Biologists divide these spiders into three broad categories:

  • woody;
  • ground;
  • burrows.

It is not difficult to guess about the lifestyle that individuals of each of these categories lead.


At the same time, in ordinary life Giant spiders are very inactive. Even a hungry tarantula can for a long time wait for its prey in ambush, and there is nothing to say about a well-fed individual. Adult female spiders stay in one place for months without leaving their ambush.

Reproduction and development

Before mating begins, the body of the male tarantula changes slightly. On its limbs - the pedipalps - a so-called cymbium is formed - a growth containing seminal fluid. The chylicerae, on which grips grow to hold the female during mating, also undergo mutations; they are called tibal hooks.

Before mating, the male secretes part of the seminal fluid onto a web specially woven for mating game. In addition, the man performs a mating dance, showing that the arthropods belong to the same species.

During mating, the male uses the tibal hooks to hold the partner, and uses the pedipalps to transfer the seed inside the female’s body. After this action, the male flees for his life, since the female, who is often hungry, can easily snack on her sexual partner.

After some time, it can last up to several months depending on the species, the female weaves a nest from the web in which she lays her eggs. Their number also differs by species: from 50 pieces to two thousand. Then the mother spider forms a ball-shaped cocoon around the clutch and stays close to it for protection and incubation. A caring female regulates the temperature inside the cocoon by dragging it from place to place or turning it over in different positions.

Female tarantula spider with cocoon

After some time, specific for each species, small nymph spiders emerge from the cocoon. They are almost transparent and do not feed from external environment, using for life the supply of nutrients that nature put into them back in the egg.

After some time and a couple of molts, the nymphs turn into larvae, which already look like spiders, but, however, do not feed for some time, continuing to use the food supply in their abdomens.

The larva molts and turns into an imago - an adult.

Shedding

Speaking about the development process of spiders, one cannot help but touch upon the topic of their molting. This is the most important process in their life, during which qualitative changes occur in animals. Young spiders molt every month; with age, the molt period extends to one year or more.

Molting is the process of replacing the exoskeleton in spiders. Shortly before the start of this process, animals stop eating to make it easier to free themselves from the chitinous coverings that have begun to burden their bodies. In most cases, spiders carry out the molting process by turning over on their back, this makes it easier for them to shed their outsized shell.

Reference! Often, when molting, spiders may lose chelicerae or pedipalps, which are usually restored the next time the shell is replaced.

After molting, the spider increases in size by almost one and a half times, while its color becomes brighter, as if it had purchased a new shell in a fashionable clothing store.

Age

Tarantulas hold the record for longest life expectancy among arachnids. Females of some species live up to thirty years extra years. By the way, the age of spiders is sometimes measured by the number of molts. Males live much shorter lives, depending on who is lucky during mating.

Defense mechanism

Tarantula spiders have three types of defense mechanisms against external enemies.

  1. Bites.
  2. Burning hairs from the abdomen.
  3. Attack with excrement.

Bites

The bite of a tarantula spider combines the painful sensations of piercing the skin with the action of the poison that spiders use to kill their victims and therefore you need to be doubly careful.

Many people are interested in what happens if a tarantula spider bites them? We answer that the reaction of each organism is individual: from mild itching to headache, fever and severe inflammation. However, no deaths from spider bites have been observed.

But if the tarantula spider is not dangerous to humans, this does not mean that there is no need to be afraid of it at all. Cases of cats dying after spider bites have been recorded.

Burning hairs

The hairs found on the bellies of tarantulas can cause an allergic reaction if they come into contact with the skin of a person or animal. Therefore, spiders use them to protect the most valuable thing – egg laying. Females weave stinging hairs into their web and cocoon.

Excrement

Some types of spiders, when defending, shoot a stream of excrement in the direction of the enemy's eyes, trying to blind the enemy.

Breeding

Now let's talk about how to properly breed a tarantula spider at home. In order to properly maintain such an unusual animal from the point of view of the average person, you need to know several rules.

Terrarium

A terrarium for a tarantula spider needs to be selected and equipped depending on its belonging to one category or another. So, for example, for arboreal representatives, the height of the walls of the structure should be no lower than 35-50 centimeters. It’s a good idea for such a home to have an interesting tree branch that your animal could climb on as in natural conditions.

Ground spiders are given a terrarium that is elongated in length so that the pet can have somewhere to run and frolic.

For burrowing spiders, it is desirable to have an improvised burrow, similar to one made in nature. These could be objects such as:

  • coconut shell;
  • shell from a large mollusk;
  • a piece of bamboo trunk;
  • clay cup with a broken side.

Regardless of the type of spider, the bottom of the terrarium should be covered with loose substrate. Best suited for this coconut flakes, although you can use clean, dry soil.

Climatic conditions

For residents warm countries tarantulas temperature regime means a lot. When kept at home, you need to maintain it at a level of 25 degrees Celsius. This can be achieved by using special heat lamps or heating mats on the bottom of the terrarium.

Humidity also plays a big role for the inhabitants of the subtropics. It should be at a level of 80-90 percent. To do this, spray the substrate 2-3 times a day or place a bowl of water, which humidifies the air as it evaporates.

Attention! It is necessary to moisten the substrate only in one corner of the terrarium; the rest of the litter should be dry.

Feeding

The domestic tarantula spider is unpretentious in food, the main thing is that it is of animal origin and larger in size than your pet’s body.

The choice of what to feed the tarantula spider at home is varied, it can be:

  • locusts and grasshoppers;
  • large insects;
  • little mice;
  • baby frogs;
  • worms;
  • bloodworms and maggots.

Attention! It is very important that your pet's prey is alive. This is how the spider feeds and develops at the same time.

Types of spiders

Now let's list some of the most popular types tarantula spiders, which are mostly kept at home by lovers of these exotic animals.

Goliath

The goliath tarantula is perhaps the most famous of the family. This spider is the largest of the tarantulas. The Guinness Book of Records mentions a female whose limb span was 28 centimeters. And body sizes are ten.

Many spider lovers are trying to get it into their collection, but thanks to the bans of the authorities of the South American countries where it is found, the goliath is still very rare.

Chilean pink

The Chilean pink tarantula, on the contrary, is one of the most common inhabitants of home terrariums. He is very handsome and a little aggressive. In nature, it is distributed throughout almost the entire American continent: from the United States to Chile.

The dimensions of the “Chilean” do not exceed one and a half tens of centimeters in leg span.

Other types

Let us briefly list a few more original species of tarantula spiders:

  • Brazilian black and white;
  • Brachypelma Smitha, also known as Mexican red-knee;
  • Avicularia purpurea;
  • Avicularia versicolor;
  • Brachypelma boehmei;
  • Brachypelma klaasi;
  • Cyclosternum fasciatum.

At the end of our conversation about these interesting animals, we invite you to watch a video from the famous Nat Geo Wild TV channel:

Thanks to the fact that increasingly tarantula spider appears in the homes of lovers of exotic animals, interest in it increases. Recognizable appearance and unpredictable character allows you to study what it looks like tarantula spider in the photo. These are large arthropods whose bodies are covered with hard, thick hairs.

Tarantula spider Theraphosinae

Tarantula color depends on the species, but more often they are brown or gray in color, however, there are species of spiders whose legs are painted bright blue. Before molting, it acquires a dark, rich color, but after molting, it turns pale again.

Females are larger than males. Adults reach up to 25 cm including limbs. The largest of the subspecies is tarantula goliath Since 1965, it has been included in the book of records due to its impressive size. Together with the limbs it is 28 cm.

Goliath tarantula spider

With every new moult tarantula increases in size. Before the start of molting, the spider long time refuses food. After molting, the spider's legs become longer and the abdomen becomes smaller.

Tarantulas molt while lying on their backs. Sometimes during molting the spider cannot free one or two limbs from the old “skin”, then it discards them. But after 3-4 molts, the lost limbs are completely restored.

Among specialists, the life expectancy of tarantulas is usually calculated not by years, but by the number of molts. Therefore, if as pet selected tarantula spider buy it follows, focusing precisely on this indicator. At the beginning of life and provided good nutrition they shed quite often. Adult females molt no more than once a year.

Tarantula spider Poecilotheria metallica

Although speaking about age, it is worth classifying female tarantulas as long-livers. On average, some live 20 years, but some individuals live up to 30. The same cannot be said about males. They usually don't live more than a year, and only record holders can last up to 5 years.

Being a strict predator, this one still does not live up to its name. They began to call it a tarantula thanks to an engraving by the German researcher Maria Sibylla Merian, who depicted a spider eating.

In nature, tarantulas do not weave webs to obtain food. They patiently wait for the victim, and then quickly attack it. They hunt in a similar way domestic tarantulas. It is not recommended to feed them meat, as this can cause the animal to become ill.

Tarantulas readily eat marbled cockroaches, zoophobus larvae, bloodworms, small frogs, locusts and grasshoppers. It is important that the food does not exceed the size of the spider. It is optimal when the food is half the size of the tarantula, otherwise the spider will not dare to touch it.

Black tarantula spider

Should you be afraid of tarantulas?

The bite of this large spider is fatal to small rodents. There are cases where domestic animals have died from a tarantula bite. It is logical to assume that they can cause significant damage to the child’s health.

Females are especially aggressive in the active phase of motherhood. But sometimes it is also impossible to predict the spider’s reaction to completely harmless and familiar actions. Therefore, it is not recommended to take it with your hands. Before he shows up in the house buy tarantula you need not only a terrarium, but also long tweezers for various manipulations with.

The toxicity of tarantula venom depends on its variety. For an adult, a tarantula bite is not more dangerous than a bite wasps. The same burning pain and slight swelling. But in particularly difficult cases, the consequences of toxic poisoning can manifest themselves in the form of loss of consciousness, fever, vomiting and even delirium.

In addition to bites, the fibers that cover the spider's body pose a potential threat. With its paws, it quickly pulls out fibers from the surface of the abdomen when it is under stress. tarantula video clearly demonstrates how this happens.

When toxins come into contact with the skin, they can cause burns and allergic reactions. Contact of the villi with the eyes causes an active burning sensation that does not go away for several hours and sometimes days.

Sometimes this even caused vision impairment forever. If a potential threat to health does not frighten the future owner, and the exotic appearance of the tarantula does not alarm, then you can safely get such a pet.

Today I want to touch on one of the most important topics in keeping tarantula spiders, feeding. I’ll note right away that the article is being written for beginners, and will contain simple tips and rules that experienced keepers have long known.

What to feed the tarantula spider:

Tarantula spiders, contrary to their name, do not eat birds, but feed on small (about the size of a spider’s body) insects, which they hunt in their natural habitat. What to feed the tarantula spider at home?

The answer to this question is very simple - feeding insects. The most popular feeding insects are marble , Turkmen , Madagascan , Argentinean and other cockroaches, as well as larvae Zophobasa and mealworm.

This general rules, many people consider it optional to comply with them, and videos often appear on the Internet in which the spider is fed with mice or insects from the streets. To be honest, I also like to feed my pets with caught singing grasshoppers.

Why you can’t feed the tarantula spider insects from the street:

Small vertebrates in the form of frogs or newborn mice are very heavy food for the spider; it will eat it for several days, and at this time it will begin to decompose and fill with cadaveric poisons. I also sometimes saw messages on forums that after feeding on vertebrates, spiders, for unknown reasons, became ill with DS. It is not known whether this is connected or not, but, in my opinion, it is better not to risk it.

Again, if you still decide to feed the tarantula spider with small vertebrates, then make sure that the animal is healthy and purchased from a trusted place. Select animals by size; do not give large animals to the tarantula spider, they can damage it.

You should also not feed your tarantula spider other predatory insects, such as praying mantises, other spiders, or scolopendras. There were cases when prey won the fight and killed the tarantula spider.

Let's summarize: You need to feed the tarantula spider feeding insects of a suitable size (approximately the size of the body of a tarantula spider, excluding legs), purchased from a trusted place, or from our own colonies.

How often to feed a tarantula spider:

Now that we have figured out what to feed the tarantula spider, let's find out how often it should be done.

An adult tarantula spider should be fed 1-2 times a week, appropriate in size feeding insects. When the tarantula spider has eaten enough, it will stop paying attention to food, but sometimes you need to determine for yourself that the spider has “enough” and stop feeding.

Typically, a sign that the tarantula spider has eaten is an increase in the abdomen in relation to the cephalothorax by 1.5-2 times. After this happens, feeding should be stopped to avoid abdominal rupture.

Feeding small tarantula spiders is a little more specific, and I put it in a separate , which you can read by going to link .

  • Do not feed the tarantula spider after molting for a certain number of days, which can be calculated by the formula: number of moults + 3-4 days. Otherwise, the food may damage the spider, or other, more specific problems may arise.
  • If the tarantula spider does not eat, there is no need to sound the alarm and create topics on forums like: “Alba has not eaten for the 4th day, what should I do?” Refusal to eat is absolutely normal for tarantula spiders; some of them can go on hunger strikes for a period of 1-3 months, without harm to health. This is what the family is usually famous for.Grammostola .
  • If the tarantula spider does not eat the insect right away, then you can crush the insect’s head and leave it with the spider overnight. If by morning the spider has not eaten the insect, then the corpse must be removed.
  • Do not leave food insects unattended in your spider's enclosure to avoid a number of problems that may arise. For example, during molting, a hungry cockroach or a zofobas larva can damage the spider, a female cockroach can give birth in a container with a spider, and the babies will run away through the ventilation, and so on.

It seems like everything I wanted to tell you may not have turned out very well, but there is a lot of advice here and some of them are even good. And so, with time and experience, you yourself will understand what and when you should feed your tarantula. Thank you for your attention.

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The tarantula spider, or tarantula spider, is big spider, the dimensions of which, including the legs, can exceed 20 cm. These spiders are often kept at home. Tarantula spiders belong to the phylum Arthropods, class Arachnids, order Spiders, suborder Mygalomorpha, family Tartar spiders (Theraphosidae).

Tarantula spiders got their name from engravings created by German artist and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian, where a large spider is depicted attacking. She saw a spider attack a bird during her stay in Suriname.

In some sources there is confusion due to incorrect translation, where everyone big spiders tarantulas, including tarantulas, are called tarantula. In fact, tarantulas are classified in the infraorder of araneomorphic spiders, and tarantulas are mygalomorphic spiders that have a completely different chelicerae structure, due to which they are distinguished by such large body sizes with a leg span reaching 28-30 cm. More detailed description you will find the tarantula by .

Tarantula spiders, types, photos and names

Currently, the family of tarantula spiders is divided into 13 subfamilies, including many species. Descriptions of some tarantula spiders are given below:

  • Brazilian black and white tarantula spider(Acanthoscurria brocklehursti)

is quite aggressive unpredictable nature, bright color and intensive growth. Body size is from 7 to 9 cm. The spider's leg span is from 18 to 23 cm. It lives black and white tarantula in Brazil, it hides between the roots of trees or between stones, and can also dig holes, although it can often be seen outside of any shelter. The lifespan of females is 15 years. A comfortable temperature for keeping this spider is from 25 to 27 degrees Celsius, air humidity is 70-80%.

  • Brachypelma Smitha, aka Mexican red-knee tarantula spider(Brachypelma smithi)

a species of spider native to Mexico and the southern United States. This large spiders with a body length of up to 7-8 cm and a leg span of up to 17 cm. The main color of the body of the tarantula spider is dark brown or almost black, individual areas on the legs are covered with orange and red spots, sometimes with a white or yellow border. The body is densely covered with light pink (sometimes brown) hairs. Representatives of the species are especially calm and non-aggressive, and have low toxicity of poison. Females live up to 25-30 years, the life expectancy of males is about 4 years. The diet of spiders includes various insects and rodents. The ideal temperature for keeping a tarantula spider is 24-28 degrees with an air humidity of 70%.

  • Avicularia purpurea

a species of South American tarantulas, widespread in Ecuador. The body length of the tarantula is about 5-6 cm. The span of the legs is no more than 14 cm. At a quick glance, the spider looks black, but when caught on it sun rays it can be seen that the cephalothorax, paws and chelicerae are an intense purplish-blue color, the bristles on the paws are brick-colored, and the hairs near the mouth are orange-red. Favorite place The habitats of this spider are pastures, tree hollows, as well as gaps under the roof and cracks in the walls of habitable premises. Representatives of the species are non-aggressive, rather fast and timid, unpretentious in care and food, so they are often kept at home. The ideal temperature for keeping a tarantula spider varies between 25-28 degrees with air humidity of at least 80-85%.

  • Avicularia versicolor

a species of tarantula, common in Guadeloupe and the island of Martinique. Representatives of the species grow up to 5-6 cm in length and have a limb span of up to 17 cm. Young specimens are distinguished by a bright blue body with white stripes on the belly. After 8-9 molts, the entire body of the tarantula spider is covered with thin, bright hairs, and the color may appear in red and green tones with a metallic sheen. Tarantula spiders of this species are quite peaceful, they bite only when squeezed into a corner. Unlike most of their relatives, they do not scratch off poisonous hairs, therefore they are a favorite terrarium species and a source of pride for collectors. At home they eat crickets and cockroaches, adult One frog or a month is enough. The lifespan of females is 8 years, males - no more than 3 years.

  • Aphonopelma seemanni

a typical representative of the fauna of Central America, distributed from Costa Rica and Nicaragua to Panama and Honduras. Usually lives in burrows. The inhabitants of Costa Rica are distinguished by their black color with white stripes on their legs; the spiders of the Nicaraguan population are dark brown with beige stripes on their legs. The body size of a mature spider is 6 cm, the leg span is about 15 cm. These spiders are not aggressive towards people and do not have toxic poison(except for the burning hairs), they are characterized by weak growth rates and longevity (females live up to 30 years). Therefore, this type of tarantula is very popular among spider lovers. Comfortable temperature for Aphonopelma seemanni is 24-27 degrees with air humidity at 70-80%.

  • Brachypelma boehmei

lives in Mexico, preferring to live in burrows. The body length of adult specimens with a leg span reaches 15-18 cm, the length excluding the legs is 7 cm. In addition large sizes Spiders are distinguished by their exceptionally bright black and orange color. These tarantulas are calm and unpretentious; in captivity they feed on locusts, cockroaches and worms. The lifespan of males is 3-4 years, females live much longer - more than 20 years. Optimal temperature for keeping these tarantulas - 25-27 degrees with a humidity of 70-75%. Due to unauthorized trapping and trade, the tarantula Brachypelma boehmei is included in Appendix II of CITES (Convention on international trade species wild fauna and endangered flora) as endangered.

  • Brachypelma klaasi

a Mexican species of tarantula spiders, whose representatives are distinguished by a massive body and short powerful legs with a span of 14-16 cm. This type of spider has a black-orange color, like Brachypelma boehmei, but is distinguished by the presence of thick orange-red hairs covering the stomach and legs. Tarantula spiders of this species live in Mexican semi-deserts and high mountain forests. They are distinguished by an even, calm character. Female tarantula spiders live up to 20-25 years. Comfortable air humidity for these spiders should be 60-70%, air temperature – from 26 to 28 degrees. The tarantula Brachypelma klaasi is endangered and is therefore listed under CITES.

  • Cyclosternum fasciatum

one of the smallest tarantula spiders, the maximum leg span of which is only 12 cm. But, nevertheless, in terms of body size it is in no way inferior to its relatives: females grow up to 5 cm in length with a leg span of 10-12 cm, the length of males is 3.5 cm with a paw span of up to 9.5 cm. The body of spiders is painted in dark tones with a reddish tint: the cephalothorax is red or brown, the belly is black with red stripes, the legs can be gray, black or brown. Favorite natural place The habitats of these tarantula spiders are tropical forests Costa Rica and Guatemala. At home, the tarantula spider can be quite nervous and aggressive. The comfortable temperature for keeping the tarantula Cyclosternum fasciatum is 26-28 degrees with an air humidity of 75-80%.

  • Chilean rose tarantula(Grammostola rosea)

a very beautiful tarantula spider, one of the record holders for the number of sales among representatives of its family. Overall size an adult spider, taking into account the legs, is 15-16 cm. The color of the body is of various variations brown: brown, chestnut and pink in places. The body and paws are densely strewn with light hairs. The species' range covers the southwestern United States and Chile, including the Atacama Desert. Comfortable daytime temperature for this type of tarantula is 25 degrees during the day and 18-20 degrees at night, with an air humidity of 60-70%. The spider is non-aggressive and scratches its hairs very rarely. The lifespan of females is 15-20 years.

  • Theraphose Blond, aka goliath tarantula(Theraphosa blondi)

the largest spider in the world. The Guinness Book of Records included a specimen whose leg span was 28 cm. The body dimensions of a female goliath tarantula reach 10 cm, for males - 8.5 cm, and the weight of an adult spider can be 170 g. Despite their impressive size, goliath tarantulas have modest in disposition, brown in color, and the legs of the spiders are densely strewn with red-brown hairs. Goliath tarantulas inhabit the tropics in the territories of Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil, where they hunt mice, small snakes, lizards and frogs. Thanks to the ban on the export of animals from their habitats, goliath tarantulas are a huge rarity not only for terrarium enthusiasts, but also for collectors. The comfortable temperature for keeping the goliath tarantula is 22-24 degrees with an air humidity of 75-80%. The spider is quite aggressive and can bite its offender.