Texas barna tarantula

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Szőrös külső váz

A testa stocky és finom hajokkal covered. A carapace és legs uniform dark chocolate brown, reddish hajokkal a carapace-n. After a moult a colours become more distinct. Males develop black legs copper coloured carapace-vel. Immature spiders és males show many shades of brown grey és red variations-vel.12

Személyiség milyenek

Ez a tarantula known for being docile és non-aggressive. When threatened it may rear up on its hind legs és raise its front legs in a threatening display, or kick urticating hairs from its abdomen. It is shy és prefers to evade humans rather than confront them. Its venom is not medically significant to people, similar to a bee sting.123

Napi aktivitás mennyire mozgalmas egy nap

Low activity needs. It is nocturnal és spends most of the day in its burrow. Provide a deep substrate for digging és a hide. It does not require exercise or handling.24

Ápolás és gondozás a gyakorlati részek

Very low grooming needs. The spider keeps itself clean. The main care tasks are providing fresh water in a shallow dish, removing uneaten prey after a day, és maintaining a clean enclosure. Do not handle it frequently; it is best treated as a display animal.45

Kezdőlap hol a legboldogabbak

Provide a terrestrial enclosure with more floor space than height. For an adult, a 30 x 30 x 30 cm enclosure or a 2-5 gallon tank with a secure lid works well. Use 10-13 cm (4-5 inches) of substrate such as coconut husk, peat moss or vermiculite for burrowing. Include a hide és a shallow water dish. Keep the surface dry but maintain a slightly moister retreat zone. Temperature should be 21-29°C (70-85°F). Mist lightly every three weeks. It is not communal és must be housed alone.45

Étkezés alapok mi kerül a tálba

Feed live insects such as crickets, cockroaches, locusts, mealworms, superworms, moths és grasshoppers. Juveniles eat more frequently; adults do well on an appropriately sized meal every 7-14 days. Remove uneaten prey after one day. The food item should be no larger than the spider's abdomen.456

Társaság kiket szeretnek maguk körül

Solitary. It must be housed alone és does not need or benefit from companionship. Handling is not recommended; it is a display animal best observed rather than touched.4

A történet hol kezdődött az egész

A Texas barna tarantula has been kept as a pet for many decades, valued for its docile nature és manageable size. It is one of the most common tarantula species in the pet trade in the United States. In the wild it arrived in its current range about 8,000 years ago during a warmer, drier period. When the climate became cooler és wetter around 4,000 years ago, the tarantulas survived only in dry, rocky glade habitats that resembled their original desert environment. Today they are still collected from the wild és also bred in captivity for the pet trade.12

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ITIS

Taxonómiai azonosító szám: 8510987

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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