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Poecilotheria rufilata, also known as the red slate ornamental, reddish parachute spider, Travancore slate-red, or rufus parachute spider, is an arboreal tarantula. It is endemic to South Western Ghats of India. It is classed as "endangered", threatened by habitat loss and smuggling for the pet trade. [1] [4]
Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. [2] As of December 2023, 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. [3] The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although many other members of the same infraorder (Mygalomorphae) are commonly referred to as "tarantulas" or "false tarantulas".
Typhochlaena seladonia is a species of aviculariine tarantula, and is the type species of the genus Typhochlaena. [1] It is unique as an arboreal spider that constructs trapdoors in the bark of trees. [2] The common name is the Brazilian jewel tarantula. [citation needed]
The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 49 kpc [ 2 ] (160,000 light-years ), this is an extremely luminous non-stellar object. Its luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula , the Tarantula Nebula would cast visible shadows . [ 13 ]
Also known as the electric blue tarantula in the tarantula trade market, species is most known and gets its name from its electric blue legs and black body coloration. However C. natanicharum blue coloration can come into two different forms which are metallic blue and violet coloration. Its blue coloration is unique as blue colors are rare in ...
Acanthoscurria musculosa is a species of terrestrial tarantula discovered in 1892 by Eugène Simon. [2] This species is a dark brown to black and its common name is the Brazilian Black Velvet Tarantula. [3] This species tends to prefer temperatures of 76 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit and 65 to 75% humidity when kept as pets.
Ephebopus cyanognathus, known as the blue fang tarantula, [2] is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae). It is endemic to French Guiana . [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It was first described by Rick C. West and Samuel D Marshall in 2000, and is somewhat commonly kept as pets.