Salmon Pink Bird Eater Factfile
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Scientific Name : Lasiodora parahybana
World Distribution
The Salmon Pink Birdeating tarantula is found in eastern Brazil
Habitat
They live in the tropical rainforest, and can usually be found on the forest floor.
Feeding
They can tackle a wide variety of invertebrates, small mammals, birds and frogs. They eat their prey by biting with their sharp fangs, injecting venim to turn the prey's innards into liquid, then sucking the liquid out with their hollow fangs!
Predators
Predators that might eat a tarantula include snakes, hawks and owls, and skunks, but only a few will be eaten by these. Their main enemy is the Spider Wasp - it lays an egg in a tarantula's den and when it hatches, the wasp grub eats the tarantula!
Breeding
For a male tarantula, mating is a dangerous business. As soon as the mating is over, the female feels so hungry that she will eat the next animal that she sees move. If the male hasn't run off quickly this is quite likely to be him!
The female lays several hundred eggs which she carries in a cocoon made of silk. After about six weeks they hatch into tiny spiderlings.