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Texas Brown Tarantula

aphonopelma hentzi

The Texas Brown Tarantula is a large spider that loves to burrow in the ground. These hairy creatures are fascinating to watch as they move around their habitats at night!

Hábitat: Grasslands, forests, and burrows in Texas

Aspecto

The Texas Brown Tarantula is a large, hairy arachnid, typically dark brown to black. Its stout body and legs are covered in fine, velvety hairs, giving it a fuzzy appearance distinct from smoother spiders.

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Texas Brown Tarantula
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Texas Brown Tarantula

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

1/5 · Muy bajo

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Datos interesantes

A Texas Brown Tarantula cleans itself like a cat, carefully grooming its legs and fangs.

Despite its name, its color can range from dark brown to black, and even reddish.

They taste their food with tiny sensory organs located on their pedipalps, not just their mouths.

This tarantula often lives in an underground burrow, sometimes for many decades!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Urticating Hairs

Texas Brown Tarantula has barbed hairs on its abdomen that helps them defend against predators by irritating skin or eyes.

Habilidad

Silk Spinner

Texas Brown Tarantula can produce silk to line its burrow, wrap prey, and create egg sacs that helps protect its young.

Habilidad

Limb Regrowth

Texas Brown Tarantula can regrow lost legs through molting because this ability helps them recover from injuries.

Medidas y detalles

Size Cm
15 cm
Weight Grams
40 g
Lifespan Years
25 años
Clutch Size
750

Dieta y alimentación

This fuzzy hunter loves to munch on crunchy insects and sometimes even tiny vertebrates!

Alimentos principales

  • crickets
  • grasshoppers
  • beetles
  • small lizards
  • small mice

Método de búsqueda

  • Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis formosa

Wasps paralyze tarantulas to lay eggs on them.

hunts

Field Cricket

Gryllus assimilis

A common insect often caught and eaten by the tarantula.

eaten by

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Sometimes preys on wandering tarantulas, especially males.

eaten by

Coyote

Canis latrans

Mammals can sometimes dig up and eat tarantulas from their burrows.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Brown TarantulaHentz's TarantulaTexas SpiderTexas Tarantula

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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Always observe from a distance and do not try to touch wild tarantulas.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué tamaño tiene Texas Brown Tarantula?

15 cm

¿Cuánto pesa Texas Brown Tarantula?

40 g

¿Cuánto vive Texas Brown Tarantula?

25 años

¿Qué come Texas Brown Tarantula?

This fuzzy hunter loves to munch on crunchy insects and sometimes even tiny vertebrates!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Texas Brown Tarantula?

Grasslands, forests, and burrows in Texas

¿Cómo caza Texas Brown Tarantula?

Ambush

¿Cuál es el clutch Size de Texas Brown Tarantula?

750

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