Types of house spiders, their full description and content requirements
From birth, Mother Nature has endowed people with a sense of fear of spiders. Many are panicking, seeing this scary creature, but there are also lovers of arthropods, who breed them at home and consider them best friends. The lucky spider of choice was a domestic spider - a bird.
so, in order to acquire an arachnid mate, you need to know the species, suitable for this purpose.
Types of house spiders
- White-haired bird.
- Giant bird.
- Bicolor bird.
- Red-legged Mexican bird.
- Striped bird.
- Horned bird.
- Blue bird.
- Chromium bird.
White-haired bird
The body of an adult: 7 cm
Swing of the legs: 14?16 cm
Term of residence: Female - 12 years; male - 3 years.
Natural way of life: White-haired bird is one of the quietest species, freely allows you to take yourself in hand. Close contact should be avoided only with hungry spiders, to avoid a bite. Spider inhabitant of tropical forests lives in a dug hole in the roots of trees.
Protection: Protrudes breasts and removes hair from the abdomen, which get on the mucous membrane of the eye or the surface of the skin, cause a feeling of discomfort.
Keeping at home: Poultry should be kept in glass or plastic containers with a volume of at least 5 liters. The terrarium must be closed, as spiders move well on a glass surface.
Vermiculite is suitable as bedding, lichen, pine sawdust, sphagnum moss. Pieces of bark or coconut shell should be added to the litter, for the arrangement of a hole. The substrate is applied in a layer of at least 5 cm.
Each individual of this species should be kept separately, hungry spiders are characterized by cannibalism. Feeding is carried out for young individuals 2 times in 7 days, for adults once a week. The menu serves newborn mice or insects of appropriate size.
air temperature: from 23 ° C to 28 °.
Moisture: from 75-90%
Molting: The mollusk during or before molting may limit itself in food, sometimes to complete failure. Shedding is critical. The spider stops moving and lies on its back. The interval in an adult varies from 2 months before 1 year. In young people the process takes place
Giant bird
The body of an adult: 9?10 div.
Leg swing: 20?25 cm
Term of residence: 12 years in females. Males are often eaten immediately after mating.
Specifics: Lives in the rainforests of Brazil. Females are larger in size, than males. The color is two-tone: reddish-brown or grayish-black. Sedentary trait, more often spends his time near the hole.
Protection: With the hind legs makes shaking the hairs located on the abdomen. Hairs can cause an allergic reaction.
Keeping at home: Terrarium - 30?30?30 centimeters. Litter - 5 see Use peat or coconut substrate. Feeding is carried out 2?3 times in 7 days, since giant birds prefer to eat well. If you decide to take an individual in your arms, you should be extremely careful, the poison is not very toxic, but he is aggressive in his influence.
Temperature in the terrarium: 22 °C — 26°.
Air humidity: 70-80%
Bicolor bird
The body of an adult: 7?8 div.
Leg swing: 15?16 cm
Term of residence: Males - 4 years, females - more 20 years.
Natural way of life: The two-colored bird is one of the calmest individuals. Bite venom can be compared to bee venom. When buying this type of spider should be extremely careful in close contact, the bite can cause allergies.
Protection: Shamelessly uses the hairs to cause itching when hit on the body.
Keeping at home: Standard size terrarium with bedding 5 div. Coconut species is more suitable as a substrate. Feeding is carried out 1 or 2 times in 7 days. Large food forage insects are served as food.
Temperature: 24 ° C-28 °.
Air humidity: 65-75%
Red-legged Mexican bird
The body of an adult: 6?7 div.
Leg swing: 15?16 cm
Term of residence: More 25 years
Keeping at home: Inhabitant of semi-desert areas of Mexico. He spends most of his life near the burrow. The character is calm, can become a friend to a novice in content. Pour the substrate from 5 see and above, the individual is accustomed to digging holes. The red-legged Mexican bird will be happy with the built shelter and a cup of clean water in the terrarium. The usual insects are used as food, mode 1 once a week. Young individuals are given food 2?3 times in 7 days. The bite of this house spider can only harm them, who suffers from allergies to bee or wasp bites.
Protection: Uses irritating hairs.
Temperature: 25 °C-28°
Moisture: 60-70%
Striped bird
The body of an adult: 9?10 div.
Leg swing: 20 cm
Term of residence: To 15 years (females).
Keeping at home: Temperament is individual for each individual, from good revelers on hands, to malicious spiders. The house spider has a fairly good appetite and rarely refuses to eat. He prefers everything, that will give. Feeding is carried out 1?2 times on 7 days for adults and 2?3 times for kids. The terrarium will fit horizontally with the sizes 40?30?30 div. As a substrate, greater preference is given to coconut substrate. Poison is not deadly.
Suitable as feed:
- Crickets.
- Cockroaches.
- Larvae of beetles.
Protection: Combs allergenic hairs at every opportunity.
Temperature: 23 °C-27°.
Humidity: 70-80%
Horned bird
The body of an adult: 6 cm
Leg swing: 15 cm
Term of residence: 15 years or more.
Keeping at home: This house spider is a native of East Africa and has 1 horn on the cephalothorax. He leads an active life position, especially at night. Horned birds are not advised to start newcomers, since the representative of this species is very aggressive in nature.
The stag can freely bite that, who dared to disturb him. Although the poison is not deadly, but he is quite capable of causing health problems. Individuals are very agile, they need good supervision. The terrarium will fit cubic with litter to 10 cm in height. The spider belongs to the norny type. There is no sense in installing a drinking bowl and decorations, the inhabitant will quickly bury it all or weave it with a web.
Temperature: 26 ° C-28 °.
Moisture: 50-60%
Blue bird
The body of an adult: 9 cm
Leg swing: 25 cm
Term of residence: Females to 20 years, males 4 years.
Keeping at home: The blue bird is a native of the monsoon forests of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia. Bright blue color. Lifestyle - nornik and arboretum. Arranging the terrarium, it is necessary to lay the ground and provide the spider with a tree (writhing). The individual is suitable only for professional owners, as pitiful hairs near a house spider are absent, and its poison is very dangerous and has not been fully studied by researchers. Temperament is very difficult. Cubic terrarium, litter - coconut.
Temperature: from 25 ° C to 27 °.
Humidity: 75-80%
Chromium bird
The body of an adult: 8 cm
Leg swing: 15?19 cm
Term of residence: to 20 years
Keeping at home: Homeland - Eastern Brazil. Most of life takes place in burrows under the roots of trees and shrubs. There are pathetic hairs on the abdomen, but the spider uses them very rarely. The character is calm, sometimes nervous, active. The terrarium will fit horizontally with the sizes 40?40?30 div.
Substrate - 5?10 cm, moss, peat, coconut. A drinking bowl is needed in the terrarium. Adult food 1 once a week. Insect menu with the appropriate size. They rarely bite, but the bite is toxic, caution should be exercised in contact.
Temperature: 22 °C-28°.
Humidity: 70-80%