Stats

Lifespan: 5-15 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Central America
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Venom
Status: Near Threatened

About

This tarantula lives in the humid burrows of tropical rainforests. Its body is covered in curved hairs that it flicks at predators to cause irritation.

Life cycle

1.
egg sac
A silk-wrapped egg sac shelters a clutch of eggs until the young are ready to emerge.
2.
juvenile
A spiderling emerges from the egg sac already in miniature adult form and starts catching prey almost immediately.
3.
subadult
A near-adult arachnid molts through several instars, growing larger and developing mature markings.
4.
adult
Fully grown after its final molt.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Tliltocatl
Species: Tliltocatl albopilosus