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[tessintrnc]

I am researching for another article, this time spiders!!! Does anyone have any experience of the more scary varieties they can tell me, such as European tarantula and the wolf spider etc and where you came across them?
Thanks
Tess

[halil]

I am researching for another article, this time spiders!!! Does anyone have any experience of the more scary varieties they can tell me, such as European tarantula and the wolf spider etc and where you came across them?
Thanks
Tess

Tess,

any help from below link

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Middl ... 162829.htm

[halil]

Chaetopelma karlamani (Cyprus Tarantula) [in Turk.Tarantula]

I would like to dedicate this capture of this beautifull and magnificent “Cyprus Tarantula” -which is an endemic species to Northern Cyprus- to one of my beloved and heartfelt friends in TN, Joe Kellard (Joey) who is an admirer of spiders and also an expert on photographing them. I hope you will like this!
I wish you all the best my friend Joe!

Tarantulas can be found in the south- and west parts of the USA, Central America and down throughout South America to the southern parts of Chile, Argentina. They can also be found throughout Africa, large parts of Asia and all over Australia. In Europe, there are some species in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and in Cyprus. Around 840 described species have been found over the world. They live in warm climates - in dry hot semi-deserts or in humid rainforests. Most are terrestrial and live in burrows, but some are arboreal, e.g. Avicularia.

Tarantulas have eight legs like every kind of arachnid plus a pair of pedipalps. In the scorpion family these are developed to claws but spiders are lacking the claws on the pedipalps. These are used for grabbing the food items, to touch and in mating. The rear end of the spider is called abdomen and the front part cephalothorax, and the top of the cephalothorax is called carapace. The eyes are located on the top of the carapace (Some Spelopelma species are the only theraphosids that lack eyes, they live in caves) and underneath are the mouth and the chelicera with its fangs. The respiratory organs are located in the abdomen, they are called booklungs, and the stomach.

Cyprus Tarantula is a terrestrial and an opportunistic burrower. It use existing coverings or burrows such as cork bark or rocks to hide under. It isn't an extensive web builder. It will web up it's burrow and it's entrance, but not the entire enclosure. It can be aggressive, though it would rather run and hide than attack. This species is very fast and skittish. It has mild poison (no worse than a bee's sting). This species is also known for its ability to jump and escape. It is distributed in the east of the Kyrenia district and especially in Karpas peninsula (Famagusta District). The photographed animal is observed on the walls of the Salamis Ruins (Famagusta) during our herpetological trip to there.

Bayram
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Middl ... 162396.htm

[tessintrnc]

Thank you very much Halil!!! I "rescued" a tarantula from my dog last week with aid of a jug and a piece of cardboard. they are indeed beautiful creatures.

Tess

[Niki]

Chaetopelma karlamani (Cyprus Tarantula) [in Turk.Tarantula]

I would like to dedicate this capture of this beautifull and magnificent “Cyprus Tarantula” -which is an endemic species to Northern Cyprus- to one of my beloved and heartfelt friends in TN, Joe Kellard (Joey) who is an admirer of spiders and also an expert on photographing them. I hope you will like this!
I wish you all the best my friend Joe!

Tarantulas can be found in the south- and west parts of the USA, Central America and down throughout South America to the southern parts of Chile, Argentina. They can also be found throughout Africa, large parts of Asia and all over Australia. In Europe, there are some species in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and in Cyprus. Around 840 described species have been found over the world. They live in warm climates - in dry hot semi-deserts or in humid rainforests. Most are terrestrial and live in burrows, but some are arboreal, e.g. Avicularia.

Tarantulas have eight legs like every kind of arachnid plus a pair of pedipalps. In the scorpion family these are developed to claws but spiders are lacking the claws on the pedipalps. These are used for grabbing the food items, to touch and in mating. The rear end of the spider is called abdomen and the front part cephalothorax, and the top of the cephalothorax is called carapace. The eyes are located on the top of the carapace (Some Spelopelma species are the only theraphosids that lack eyes, they live in caves) and underneath are the mouth and the chelicera with its fangs. The respiratory organs are located in the abdomen, they are called booklungs, and the stomach.

Cyprus Tarantula is a terrestrial and an opportunistic burrower. It use existing coverings or burrows such as cork bark or rocks to hide under. It isn't an extensive web builder. It will web up it's burrow and it's entrance, but not the entire enclosure. It can be aggressive, though it would rather run and hide than attack. This species is very fast and skittish. It has mild poison (no worse than a bee's sting). This species is also known for its ability to jump and escape. It is distributed in the east of the Kyrenia district and especially in Karpas peninsula (Famagusta District). The photographed animal is observed on the walls of the Salamis Ruins (Famagusta) during our herpetological trip to there.

Bayram
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Middl ... 162396.htm

Gives me goosepimples!! It jumps????

[halil]

Tess ,
more for you .... get membership from this forum to get more information.

lots of things from rest of the world too.





The exact location is Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

This one was caught with(-in) a snail shell, of Xerocrassa nicosiana, an endemic to island of Cyprus. Probably it was passing the hot spring day time in the shell.

Especially in salticid spiders (jumping spiders) usage of empty snail shells are very common during hibernation. Less commonly they can be found in shells guarding their egg sacs and passing hot periods inside (aestivating) like this one.

The ground spidy sitting on is the cap of an empty spring water bottle, which he jumped in snd enabled me to take the photo of the quite active minute spider.

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo147050.htm

[Bill]

Now thats a pretty spider

Bill

[tessintrnc]

Yes it is Bill - look at those beautiful peepers.............and long legs, (shame they are hairy, perhaps a good going over with immac would be in order)?

[SSBubbles]

I am researching for another article, this time spiders!!! Does anyone have any experience of the more scary varieties they can tell me, such as European tarantula and the wolf spider etc and where you came across them?
Thanks
Tess

NO and I hope that I never do!

[SSBubbles]

Now thats a pretty spider

Bill

What's her name? (has to be a she - so pretty )