Curlyhair tarantula
The curlyhair tarantula is a chubby, dark brown spider covered in long, curly hairs. Golden hairs on top give it a bronze shine. It lives in Costa Rica and often digs a burrow to hide in.
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Fun facts
With its legs stretched out, it can be about 15 centimetres across, as wide as a grown-up's hand.
Females can live 20 years or more, while males live only about 5 years.
A mother lays 300 to 500 eggs in a silk egg sac.
The tips of its legs can smell, taste and feel vibrations, which helps it find food in the dark.
Lots of people keep it as a pet because it is usually so calm.
Most asked questions about Curlyhair tarantula
?How long do curlyhair tarantulas live?
Females can live 20 years or more. Males live about 4 to 5 years.
?What do curlyhair tarantulas eat?
Insects and sometimes small animals. Pet ones eat crickets, worms and cockroaches.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tliltocatl albopilosus
- Named by
- Valerio, 1980
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Theraphosidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Tliltocatl albopilosus (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 Elick11. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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