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I need to know what animals out there eat the Rose Hair Tarantulas spiders?

2006-10-30 14:51:57 · 2 answers · asked by charming_imogen 2 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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1) Predators: various nocturnal animals (large mammals, reptiles, other tarantulas), hunting wasps, parasitized by nematodes or roundworms.

2) Winged death: The mygalomorph has few natural predators except the Tarantula Hawk, a large wasp (Pepsis) that specialises in mygalomorph. Although some Pepsis wasps are huge (Pepsis atrata has a wingspan of nearly 10cm!), even smaller Pepsis wasps will capture mygalomorphs many times bigger than themselves. The mygalomorphs seldom put up a fight and passively await their fate as the wasp creeps up and stings them in their soft abdomen. The wasp may entice a spider out of its burrow by tapping at the entrance but does not hesitate to enter the spider's underground burrow. Often the mygalomorph is already gone, out of an emergency exit. Outside, the spider sits motionless while the wasp searches frantically for it. Apparently, the wasp homes in on the spider's pheromones, harder to detect in the open.
Tarantula talk: Some can make a hissing sound (stridulation) by rubbing body structures together: Brazilian Pink-haired Bird-Eating Spider (Lasiodora parahybana). So does the more ominous Whistling/Barking Spider (Selenocosmia crassipes) which reportedly eats chickens and even large dead fish and can kill large dogs. Found in Queensland rainforests, they grow to a monster palm size. Read more about them in Elanor Mahon's article in The Tarantula Burrow.

If the wasp succeeds in paralysing the tarantula, she may drag it to a burrow she has dug out or simply seal it in its own burrow. The wasp then lays its egg on it. The still-living spider remains paralysed for several months, providing fresh meat for the wasp larvae, which is careful to avoid the vital organs so the spider remains alive as long as possible! This wasp even tackles the Giant Tarantula, the largest spider.

2006-10-30 15:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by WHY? 3 · 3 0

bypass to a bait save, or backyard furnish save and get stay crickets and/or meal worms. it is the finest subject to feed them. some puppy shops additionally sell crickets for feeding tarantulas. Bait shops will sell you a pair dozen for a dollar. Meal worms usually are available in tubs and there is plenty in a bathtub. you're able to attempt offering them 25 cents for in basic terms 2-3 crickets, with the aid of fact tarantulas in basic terms consume once or twice a week. My tarantula ate two times a week. positioned one cricket in that's aquarium daily or 2 days, till you get an thought of how many times it needs to be fed. depart it a small bowl of water, and likewise mist the aquarium with water in a sprig bottle, to maintain stable humidity.

2016-10-03 03:07:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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