Brazilian redhead tarantula
The Brazilian redhead tarantula is a big, hairy spider from northern Brazil. Scientists think it is rather shy. It was discovered quite recently, so there is still a lot to learn about it.
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Fun facts
With its legs it measures about 13 centimetres, about as big as a grown-up's hand.
One of its closest cousins is the John Lennon tarantula, which is only about 2.5 centimetres. That one is named after a famous singer.
It seems to be a close relative of the Goliath birdeater, the biggest spider alive today.
The ancestors of tarantulas went their own way from the web-spinning spiders perhaps 350 million years ago.
Most asked questions about Brazilian redhead tarantula
?How big is the Brazilian redhead tarantula?
About 13 centimetres with its legs, about as big as a grown-up's hand.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bumba horrida
- Group
- Spiders
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Classification
- Arachnida > Araneae > Theraphosidae
- Lives on
- South America
Where the facts come from
- Bumba horrida (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Jokuyken15. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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