More than 220 different species of spiders belong to the genus of tarantulas. The most common apulian tarantula. The family is called wolf spiders.
Habitat - Southern Europe with moderatetropical climate. Some species can be found in Russia. Spiders live in burrows. In the cold time, the entrance to it is overwhelmed with dry, cobwebbed leaves.
Apulian tarantula (photo below) in length it grows up to 7 cm. The body is brown-gray, covered with white fluffy hairs.
Apulian tarantula spider consumes in food:
Females live about 4 years, males - up to 2.In the spring, female individuals come out of their holes and bask in the sun. In search of couples can travel long distances. Caring for your favorite female for long. At the end of the summer they mate once in their entire life, the males immediately die, as the female bites its beloved after fertilization. Eggs lay in a hole. Females carry them on themselves in a spider cocoon, carefully caring for their future offspring. After maturation, young spiders crawl out of the cocoon and live for some time on the female's belly. Growing up, spiders become independent and leave from it. Sometimes the mother provokes the younger generation to an earlier exit into adulthood. She comes out of the mink and, circling, throws spiders from her body. Young people are looking for a new home and dig a hole for themselves, the size of which will increase as the spider grows.
Без причины апулийский тарантул не нападает на person If he is disturbed, he takes a threatening pose: he stands on his hind legs, and the front ones raise and then attack and bite, releasing the toxin. A bitten place can be burned with a match or a cigarette to avoid decomposition of the poison. In order to prevent taking antiallergic agents. Oddly enough, the best antidote is tarantula blood. After killing the spider, smear the affected area with his blood, thereby neutralizing the effect of the toxin. The poison of a tarantula has low toxicity, edema is formed at the site of the bite, which is very painful, and an increase in body temperature is also possible.
These insects are kept in apartments, despite their painful bites and quick reactions.
Insect provide the opportunity to dig a holetherefore, the soil thickness is made at least 20–30 cm. The terrarium should always be kept closed so that the tarantula cannot escape. Housekeeping should be done at least once every 40–45 days. To the temperature regime, the Apulian tarantula is not particularly whimsical and feels good at a temperature of 18-30 degrees. To maintain moisture at the bottom of the terrarium, you can put the container with water.
Spiders buy food in specialized stores, they prefer:
At least once a month, add vitamins and calcium gluconate in food.
In captivity spider Apulian tarantula (description and content which is presented above) lives twicelonger. The duration of its life depends on the number of molts and nutrition. The better the tarantula eats, the more often it sheds and, consequently, lives less. For the longevity of a spider, you need to keep it hungry.
В XV веке существовало поверье, что укус Apulian tarantula is dangerous and is the cause of a particularly dangerous disease. He was considered the culprit of epidemics that were prevalent at the time in the vicinity of Taranto in Italy.
Tarantulas do not weave a web, but only use the network to strengthen their homes.
