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A tarantula's blood is not true blood, but rather a liquid called hemolymph (or haemolymph). At least four types of hemocytes, or hemolymph cells, are known. The tarantula's heart is a long, slender tube located along the top of the opisthosoma. The heart is neurogenic as opposed to myogenic, so nerve cells instead of muscle cells initiate and ...
Aphonopelma bicoloratum (also known as Mexican blood leg), is a species of tarantula found in Mexico. [1] As its common name aptly states it is found in Mexico, and was first described by Ronny Struchen, D. Brändle and Gunter Schmidt in 1996. It is named after the Latin word bicoloratum, meaning bicolored.
Its English translation was also published by Serpent's Tail in the United Kingdom and North America in 2005 as Tarantula, [1] and it has also been released under the title The Skin I Live In, the title of Pedro Almodóvar's film of the same name, which was inspired by the novel.
Pamphobeteus vespertinus also known as the Ecuadorian red bloom tarantula is a tarantula first described in 1889 in Eugène Simon. They are found in the arid areas of Ecuador , and they are terrestrial tarantulas .
Tliltocatl albopilosus (previously Brachypelma albopilosum) is a species of tarantula, [1] also known as the curlyhair tarantula. The species' native range is Costa Rica . [ 1 ] They are largely terrestrial, opportunistically burrowing spiders .
Lycosa tarantula is the species originally known as the tarantula, a name that nowadays in English commonly refers to spiders in another family entirely, the Theraphosidae. It now may be better called the tarantula wolf spider , being in the wolf spider family, the Lycosidae.
Ephebopus uatuman also known as the emerald skeleton tarantula, is a tarantula native to Brazil. [1] It was first described by Lucas, Silva and Bertani in 1992. It is named after the Uatuman River .
The Singapore Blue (also known as the Malaysia Blue) (Omothymus violaceopes) is a large, arboreal species of tarantula from Malaysia and Singapore. These spiders have been known to grow in excess of 9 inches (23 cm) across. The legs are an intense blue with a brown or gold carapace.