Trinidad chevron tarantula
The Trinidad chevron tarantula is a big hairy spider that lives up in the trees on the island of Trinidad. The female is green, tan or brown with dark arrow-shaped marks on her back and orange bits on her legs. It hides in a silk tube behind tree bark during the day.
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Fun facts
Its silk tube is a cosy home, not a trap. It waits at the door at night and feels for prey moving.
Baby spiderlings have orange bands on their legs that look like little leg warmers.
Females can live about 10 years, but males live much shorter lives.
Many people keep it as a pet, and it is easy to breed.
Most asked questions about Trinidad chevron tarantula
?What does the Trinidad chevron tarantula eat?
Insects and other small creatures, and sometimes small frogs or lizards.
?How long does a Trinidad chevron tarantula live?
Females can live around 10 years. Males usually live much shorter.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Psalmopoeus cambridgei
- Named by
- Pocock, 1895
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Theraphosidae
- Lives on
- South America
Where the facts come from
- Psalmopoeus cambridgei (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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