Exotic Pets - Gooty Tree Spider

Although most of us are afraid of spiders, especially the big ones like tarantulas, some people actually admire these insects and even keep them as pets. These bugs come in all colors, and one of them will definitely take you by surprise.

Poecilotheria metallica is not a band, but a beautiful specie of tarantula that reflects a brilliant, shiny, metallic blue color. Just like the other spiders with the same genus, it gives out a complex fractal-like design on its abdomen. These colorful spiders are usually found in the forest of Andra Pradesh, southern India. The P. metallica was initially discovered in Gooty in the Anantapur district, where it took it’s common name, Gooty tree spider. It’s also known as the Gooty sapphire, salepurgu, peacock tarantula, and metallic tarantula.

Another thing that makes this tarantula unique is that it’s only found within that small area of southern India. 

It’s a protected and reserved forest, however it does face threats from the human world. A few surveys have been done to see if the species is found on other nearby forest, but  they didn’t find the spiders there.

These spiders are arboreal. They live in tall trees, spinning webs between tree holes and spend most of their time in the canopy. They mainly prey on small, flying insects that they actually capture while flying and paralyze them. There is a very high demand for these tarantulas, some even pricing at $500 USD for more for an adult specimen. They are currently in the critically endangered classification by IUCN. 

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Death Match: Tarantula vs. Wasp

With their relatively large, hairy bodies, tarantulas aren’t exactly pretty to look at. Their fear factor goes up when you consider that they they are able to eat larger animals like lizards, mice, and some small birds. However, most of the 900 species have venom weaker than a honeybee and don’t really pose a risk to humans. Besides, if you think these spiders are scary, just imagine the kind of creature that preys on them.

Meet the tarantula hawk:

Adult tarantula hawks are fantastic pollinators and aren't typically aggressive. The males aren’t even able to sting.

The female, on the other hand, is one badass bitch. Though she is pretty docile most of the time, she will strike when threatened. Her sting is described as one of the most severe out of any insect, and for about three minutes, the victim (even a human) completely loses the mental capacity for any other action other than reacting to the pain.

So where do the spiders fit in? Well, when a mommy and daddy tarantula hawk love each other very much want to pass along their genes and come together to fertilize an egg, they want to make sure that it will be well taken care of, as they won’t physically be present to ensure it survives. They need to find a host, and as the name implies, it's a tarantula. Because male spiders will typically forego eating in order to search for a mate, the wasps prefer to target well-fed females.

When the female wasp is ready, she attacks. If all goes well, the wasp stings the spider, rendering it paralyzed for a few minutes but does not kill it. The fertilized egg is then deposited into the spider’s abdomen so it will be kept safe and warm. A few days later, the larva emerges and begins to feed on the spider’s juices. As it grows over the next 20 days, it continues to eat the still-living spider from the inside, but is careful not to eat vital organs which would kill the spider, meaning that the larva wouldn’t have fresh food.

The tarantula isn’t typically able to kill the wasp, because the wasp can just fly out of reach. At best, the spider just hopes to escape and fights fiercely, knowing it is a matter of life and death. Despite the wasp’s advantage, the outcome of the encounter could go either way.

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Tarantula Hawks – A Tarantula’s Worst Nightmare

Tarantulas are considered to be one of the most famous exotic pets people take care of. With their large, hairy and sometimes thorny bodies, these spiders aren’t exactly nice looking. What makes them scarier is the fact that they actually eat animals that are bigger than them like mice, lizards and even small birds.

However, what’s even scarier is the creature that hunts for these massive spiders.

Common predators for tarantulas are tarantula hawks. These are a kind of wasps which are great to have around the garden since they give a great deal of help with pollination and they’re typically not aggressive, in fact male tarantula hawks don’t even have stingers. 

The female of the species, is the absolute opposite. Although they’re usually docile, these wasps will sting when they’re being threatened. The sting of a female tarantula hawk is described to be one of the most painful amongst all other insects. After a few minutes, the victim would lose their mental capacity to do anything else other than react to how painful the sting is.

What female tarantula hawks do is they prey on healthy, female tarantulas and stings. This paralyzes them but doesn’t kill them. What she then does is she deposits her fertilized egg into the tarantula’s abdomen and after a few days, it hatches inside the spider. The wasp larva then starts to feed on its host’s juices and continues to feed off the spider form inside for about 20 days. The larva just needs to make sure it doesn’t damage the spider’s vital organs or it’ll kill it before it’s big enough to go on its own. 

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Tarantulas

The 1990 thriller Arachnophobia didn’t exactly have Tarantulas in its plot, but the movie did well in raising questions over the feasibility and practicality of keeping tarantulas as pets.

Directed by Frank Marshall, Arachnophobia’s main “actor” was a Venezuelan spider, a new species which spawned a new breed of spiders with highly lethal venom packed in their bites.

Tarantulas, generally speaking, are not known for having bites which are lethal. It’s one of the reasons why they’re often kept as pets, along with their proliferation when bred in captivity.

When talking about tarantulas as pets, pet owners are not all that burdened by their upkeep, but as pets, tarantulas also have certain particulars and specifics in terms of care and maintenance.

For one, they live a long time, as old as 20 to 25 years, which means that keeping tarantulas as pets should be treated as a commitment. Another is that though tarantulas are generally docile, their appearance is threatening to most humans. The tendency to panic is only to be expected from people who encounter them, which could cause problems for tarantula pet owners, especially if a tarantula manages to get out from its enclosure.

Another thing is that most tarantulas prefer to eat live prey. If you’re the type who isn’t all that comfortable in feeding a pet something that’s still alive, a pet tarantula may not be best for you.

In terms of activity, tarantulas tend to be in constant repose. In other words, they don’t really do much, apart from feeding and/or when on the run. If you think that a tarantula does awesome things during “lounge times”, you’ll be disappointed to see a tarantula staying fixed in one spot, in one pose.

They may not be as venomous as Arachnophobia’s spiders, but their bites are also painful, which is one reality prospective pet tarantula owners should consider before getting one.

So? Think you’re up to the role of owning a pet tarantula?

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Tarantula Mexican Red-Kneed

Mexican Red-Kneed

Tarantula is a sepcies of spiders. Tarantula's body is much larger than the spiders and they have fine hairs seseluruh parts of his body, which makes these animals look beautiful. Tarantula become one of the popular pet for the fans of arachnids. Tarantula also has a poison so you have to be careful with this one animal.

Many species of tarantula found in tropical regions, subtropical, and arid. Tarantulamemiliki vary in color and behavior in accordance with their specific environment. But in general there is a tarantula's life on the ground, they beburu prey, like mice, birds and others, from the spin webs to trap prey. Nets tarantulas are generally only used to protect the eggs and closing liangnya.

Like many other wild animals, tarantulas also have a deadly enemy, the Tarantula Hawk is pepsis parasitic wasp, wasps can paralyze a tarantula with a sting and lay eggs on the spider's body. When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae gorge themselves on the still living tarantula.

This is the most popular type of tarantula.

Tarantula Hawk

This is the main enemy of tarantula. insect compatriots who hunt tarantulas as its main prey. Dangerous of these insects is the sting, one of the researchers who've been stung Tarantula Hawk describes it feels "... all parts of the body becomes paralyzed because of the pain rara avis.

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Popular Tarantula Species

Tarantula is one of the largest species of the spider family. All types of tarantula spiders have poison that is dangerous. Tarantula mostly have fine hair on his body and some of them have a beautiful color that kind of tarantula spiders are sometimes looking after people. Tarantulas produce silk as well as other types of spiders, but the tarantula did not make a "spider web" to search for food, tarantula tarantula hunt where prey exist. The method used to hunt tarantulas to catch their prey by ambush, tarantulas and even perform ambush at above the trees like ambush birds and kind. After getting food tarantula tarantula looking for a place to hide to eat it. Tarantula just build a nest if it will lay eggs, which functioned fatherly hide or protect their eggs.

• Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula

Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula

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Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula which has a scientific name Brachypelma smithi. as in their name this tarantula found in Mexico. Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula is one of the most popular tarantula, as have an attractive color. Body of Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula is colored black and in the joints of each leg has the color orange. Tarantula body size roughly equal to 4 inches and 6 inches wide foot range, weight tarantula can reach 15 grams. Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula can also old age is around 20-40 years.

• Chilean Rose Tarantula

Chilean rose tarantula

Chilean rose tarantula rosea has a scientific name of Grammostola. Grammostola rosea lala-income living a dry or sandy areas that have a temperature of 25-30 Celsius. These spiders prefer to hunt their prey at night. Grammostola rosea is widely available in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.

The spider species Grammostola rosea is the most popular type of tarantula pet trade market. Grammostola rosea has long hair all over her body that makes the spider stout demand by fans of the spider.

• Cobalt Blue Tarantula

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Cobalt Blue Tarantula

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cobalt blue tarantula

The cobalt blue tarantula has a size smaller than the Mexican Red-kneed that is about 4-5 inches. Cobalt blue tarantula living in areas of moist and plenty of water, precisely in the area of tropical forest in south-east asian part of Thailand or Myanmar. Cobalt blue tarantula tarantula species also commonly maintained by fans of spiders because of their large size and has a blue color. Like the type of tarantula spiders, spiders cobalt blue tarantula also find food by hunting, such as lizards or crickets.

• Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula

Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula

This spider has the scientific name Phormictopus cancerides. The spider species also have the Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula toxins harmful to humans. Body size of the Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula smaller, roughly 2 inches by 4 inches hamppir foot range. Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula also has orange-red color is quite attractive even though the color is not so visible because it is more dominant with the color black. Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula prefer to hunt their prey in Malm day, if at noon Hispaniolan Giant Tarantula looking for a cool and humid places such as under large rocks or minerals in the soil.

• Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula

The Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-eating Tarantula or known by the scientific name Lasiodora parahybana. Spider tarantula species that are large, the opposition legs can reach 20-25 cm and weighing approximately 0.1 kg. Life is like another tarantula. Brazilian Salmon Pink Tarantula was first discovered in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba Brazil by Candido zoology Firmino de Mello-Leitao in 1917.

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