Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The cobalt blue tarantula is a medium-sized tarantula with a leg span around 13 cm (5.1 in). It is noted for its iridescent blue legs and light gray prosoma and opisthosoma, the latter of which may contain darker gray chevrons. [3] [4] Males and females look the same until the ultimate (final) molt of the males.
Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) (type species) – Central America; Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer, 1875) – United States; Aphonopelma superstitionense Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016 – United States; Aphonopelma truncatum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) – Mexico; Aphonopelma vorhiesi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939 ...
The most commonly kept species are: H. albostriatum, H. hainanum, H. lividum, H. longipes, H. minax, H. schmidti, O. aureotibialis, and C. schioedtei. More species are kept and new species enter the hobby every now and then, but most of this material needs to be properly identified or described.
Here are spider bite pictures and tips to identify them. Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite pictures and ...
“This is one of the few species of spider that can be dangerous to people,” says Potzler. “There are approximately 2,200 bites reported each year, but there has not been a death related to a ...
But there are a few species that, when they bite, can cause serious symptoms. Brown recluse spider bites. What they look like: At first, a brown recluse spider bite may look like a bug bite or bee ...
Lycosa tarantula, a species of wolf spider which is found near Taranto, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro (and the origin of the name tarantula, which today refers to a completely different kind of spider), was once blamed for a condition known as tarantism. A bitten young woman would be forced to dance wildly in the central plaza—the tarantella.
Poecilotheria metallica, also known as the peacock tarantula, [1] is an Old World species of tarantula. It is the only blue species of the genus Poecilotheria. Like others in its genus it exhibits an intricate fractal-like pattern on the abdomen. The species' natural habitat is deciduous forest in Andhra Pradesh, in central southern India.