Brazilian salmon pink birdeater
The Brazilian salmon pink birdeater is a huge black tarantula with pinkish red hairs on its legs and body. It is one of the biggest spiders in the world. It lives on the forest floor in one small part of Brazil.
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Fun facts
With its legs spread out it can be up to 28 centimetres wide, wider than a dinner plate.
It is the fourth biggest tarantula in the world.
A big girl spider can weigh more than 100 grams, as much as a small apple.
When it is scared, it rubs off prickly hairs from its back end that make an attacker itch.
To grow, it lies on its back and wriggles out of its old skin.
Most asked questions about Brazilian salmon pink birdeater
?Does the salmon pink birdeater eat birds?
Almost never. There is very little proof that it eats birds. It mainly eats big insects.
?How big is the salmon pink birdeater?
Its legs can spread up to 28 centimetres, making it the fourth biggest tarantula in the world.
Myth buster
Myth: A birdeater tarantula catches and eats birds.
Truth: Hardly ever. Despite its name, there is very little proof that it eats birds. It mostly eats big insects.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lasiodora parahybana
- Named by
- Mello-Leitão, 1917
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Theraphosidae
- Lives on
- South America
- Also known as
- Salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, Salmon pink
Where the facts come from
- Lasiodora parahybana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by George Chernilevsky. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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