Common Spider Species in Thailand

 Appearance

• Adult body length excluding legs is 1–5" long. Most tarantulas have black or brown hairy bodies and legs but some species exhibit striking colours.

Lifecycle

• Mating season is in autumn. Incubation of the young takes 6-9 weeks, with each female producing 500-1000 eggs into a silken cocoon. The young leave their burrow after 2-3 weeks.
• Life span 25-40 years.

Habits

• Tarantulas prefer to live in dry, well-drained soil where they dig a burrow which is lined with silk webbing.

Appearance

• Pale in colour, abdomen can be yellow or beige with a faint dark stripe running lengthwise.
• 1/4 to 3/8 inches long
• 4 pairs of legs, the 1st pair longer than the 4th.
• Eight similarly-sized dark eyes arranged in two horizontal rows.

Lifecycle

• A female produces around 5 egg sacs each with 30 to 48 eggs. The female may produce several egg masses during her lifetime.
• Approximately 30 percent of adult males get eaten by females after mating.

Habits

• Feeding — usually small insects.
• Location — they build a silken tube or sac (instead of a web) in a protected area which is used as their daytime retreat.
• Visibility — they emerge at night to look for food. They drop to the floor to seek cover when disturbed.