Australian hunter spider

The hunter spider belongs to the species Dolomedes fimbriatus L. Belongs to the family tarantulaslives in water near ponds. Distributed around the world, the brightest representatives live in tropical countries. Large specimens are toxic to humans, but do not pose a mortal threat.

Description of appearance - general features

Hunting spiders live on almost all continents, differ in size, color, lifestyle, reproduction. The most famous 3 species are inhabitants of tropical countries.

Australian Spider Hunter (lat.Heteropoda)

The leg span is 30 cm, body length 46 mm. Biggest spider in australia. The color is varied. Brown, gray, green shades prevail. Females are always twice as large as males. The abdomen is convex, 4 pairs of powerful, long limbs are attached to the cephalothorax. There are 8 eyes on the head, of which 2 are main, the rest are auxiliary.

On a note!

The Australian giant spider leads a nocturnal lifestyle, hunts from ambush or pursues a victim. He does not weave fishing nets, but envelops spider web entrance to your own shelter. An adult lives up to 3 years.

Camel Spider Hunter

Representative of the Eurasian continent. The body size of the female is 2 cm, the male is 1.3 cm. The color is yellow-brown, black-brown. Bright yellow stripes on the sides. In young spiders, the body is painted evenly yellow, stripes, spots are absent. It settles on the banks of reservoirs in moist soil. Does not form stag nets. It hunts water, land insects, fish, fry, frogs. Running fast, diving.

On a note!

The lifespan of sexually mature females is 1.5 years. Males die much earlier - almost immediately after fertilization, very often the female eats them.

Striped spider hunter

It lives in European countries, is found spider in Russia. In total, about 1 thousand varieties are known. Differs in bright color, large sizes. The body length of females reaches 2 cm, excluding legs, males are half less. The cephalothorax is brown in color; longitudinal yellow stripes are present on the abdomen. Extremities 6 cm long are covered with hairs, spikes. A photo of a hunter spider with a bright color is presented below. Hunting is carried out from an ambush, settles near reservoirs. He runs fast, builds a raft of plants to move on water. The female lives up to 2 years.

Interesting!

Due to their large size and bright color, hunter spiders are often turned on as a pet. In an artificial environment they grow, mate, multiply.

Behavior, lifestyle

All hunters live near ponds, often they are caught along with duckweed net, net. They live on the water or in the immediate vicinity. They do not weave fishing nets for catching prey, they hunt actively. Once on the water, they quickly form a raft from improvised materials - dry grass, leaves, bark. They entangle several parts with a cobweb, sit on a raft, calmly swim in a swamp, a deep pool.

The basis of the diet are insects. As well as fry, crustaceans, snails, caterpillars. Large specimens prey on fish, frogs, newts, snakes, snakes. Attack from a secluded place. Inject poison, saliva. The first substance paralyzes the victim, the second - dilutes the insides to the state of the broth.After a few minutes, the predator begins to eat.

Collected in pairs only during the mating season. After fertilization, a hungry female can safely eat her “boyfriend”. For laying eggs, forms a cocoon from the web. At one time, it holds from 500 to 1000 pieces. The female attaches them to plants near the reservoir or drags on itself. The incubation period is 3 weeks. Young spiders almost immediately begin an independent life.

Danger to humans

Hunters are nocturnal, in search of food they can crawl into a person’s house. They hide under furniture, in shoes, among clothes, cabinets with utensils.

On a note!

On the spot spider bite swelling, swelling, redness occurs. People with weak immunity, allergics, young children often experience a deterioration in their well-being - weakness, dizziness, headache, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. The condition normalizes after a few days. To accelerate the effect, antihistamines are taken. Among deadly spiders the hunter does not apply.