The Hercules Baboon belonging to the family of tarantulas is an amazingly large-sized spider indigenous to different parts of Africa particularly Nigeria. It is said to be the rarest of its kind and has not been observed in the wild for quite a long span of time, after 1900.
Because of its rarity very little information is available regarding its traits, appearance and size of eggs as well as the spiderlings.
Size: They are enormously big in size.
Color: Not much information is available regarding the color of these siders because of their unavailability since a long time, though their body may be brown or black.
Other Characteristic Features: Their carapace is larger than most other species of African spider, while their leg span is 8 inches long.
As people have not got to see it for over 100 years, details about how it spins its webs or whether it creates web or not are unknown.
From the details available, it was said to be likely to bite when provoked which is not painful though, resulting in a little discomfort. However, its venom is not that strong and chances of harm to human are less unless the infection spreads to the body.
Lifespan | Not known |
Distribution | Parts of Africa particularly Nigeria |
Habitat | In forests |
Common Predators | Unknown |
Diet | Insects, bugs, other smaller spider species |
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The Hercules Baboon belonging to the family of tarantulas is an amazingly large-sized spider indigenous to different parts of Africa particularly Nigeria. It is said to be the rarest of its kind and has not been observed in the wild for quite a long span of time, after 1900.
Because of its rarity very little information is available regarding its traits, appearance and size of eggs as well as the spiderlings.
Size: They are enormously big in size.
Color: Not much information is available regarding the color of these siders because of their unavailability since a long time, though their body may be brown or black.
Other Characteristic Features: Their carapace is larger than most other species of African spider, while their leg span is 8 inches long.
As people have not got to see it for over 100 years, details about how it spins its webs or whether it creates web or not are unknown.
From the details available, it was said to be likely to bite when provoked which is not painful though, resulting in a little discomfort. However, its venom is not that strong and chances of harm to human are less unless the infection spreads to the body.
Lifespan | Not known |
Distribution | Parts of Africa particularly Nigeria |
Habitat | In forests |
Common Predators | Unknown |
Diet | Insects, bugs, other smaller spider species |
Image Credits: I.ytimg.com, Alex21c.com