Desert Tarantula
Aphonopelma iodius
Also known as: Bay Area Blonde · Fresno County Brown · Salt Lake County Brown
Arachnida
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-30 yrs
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Desert
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Venom
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The Desert Tarantula lives in the Mojave Desert to the west of the Colorado River. It has a distinctive dark orange and yellow striped abdomen, a black and white striped head, and a black and white striped back.
Life cycle
- 1.egg sacA silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
- 2.juvenileA spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
- 3.subadultA near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
- 4.adultFully grown after its final molt.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Aphonopelma
- Species
- Aphonopelma iodius