Brazilian whiteknee tarantula
The Brazilian whiteknee tarantula is a big, dark brown, hairy spider with bright white stripes on its legs, like white knee socks. It comes from the warm, rainy Amazon in Brazil. Many people keep it as a pet because it is so striking.
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Fun facts
With its legs spread out, a big female can be over 20 centimetres across, as wide as a dinner plate.
It grows fast and is grown up in about 3 to 4 years.
The males are smaller and not as brightly coloured as the females.
Most asked questions about Brazilian whiteknee tarantula
?How big is the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula?
Its body can be up to 9 centimetres long, and a big female's legs reach more than 20 centimetres across.
?Why is it called whiteknee?
Because it has bright white bands on its legs, near the knees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acanthoscurria geniculata
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Theraphosidae
- Lives on
- South America
Where the facts come from
- Brazilian whiteknee tarantula (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 Insects Unlocked. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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