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Psalmopoeus cambridgei, the Trinidad chevron tarantula, is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae, endemic to Trinidad. Its venom is the source of psalmotoxin and vanillotoxin which are classified as inhibitor cystine knot proteins. Psalmotoxin may be of therapeutic use in patients with a stroke.
“Spiders are beneficial bugs that help control other pest insects such as flies, adult mosquitoes, ants, etc.” Capture and release can look like using a cup and a piece of paper to capture and ...
Psalmopoeus irminia are unique in their striking black coloration paired with vibrant orange chevron and leg markings. Like other Psalmopoeus, this species can often be found in tree cavities at a medium height. Females reach six inches in diagonal leg span on average while males can reach 5 inches.
Argiope aurantia is a species of spider, commonly known as the yellow garden spider, [2] [3] black and yellow garden spider, [4] golden garden spider, [5] writing spider, zigzag spider, zipper spider, black and yellow argiope, corn spider, Steeler spider, or McKinley spider. [6] The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1833.
Photographer Nicky Bay says in his blog describing the mirror spider: "The silver plates on its abdomen seem to shrink when the spider is agitated, or perhaps threatened."
It is sometimes called the giant black and white tarantula because it can reach a leg span of 18–23 cm (7–9 in). Scientifically, this is a thinner banded regional variant of Acanthoscurria geniculata, also from the Amazon basin. [4]
Spiders and spiderwebs are also very common this time of year since the baby spiders have grown up and are more visible, and many spiders are out and about more, moving around to look for mates.
Tetrablemmidae, sometimes called armored spiders, is a family of tropical araneomorph spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873. [1] It contains 126 described species in 29 genera from southeast Asia, with a few that occur in Africa and Central and South America . [ 2 ]