This is one ugly
spider but it can
actually be quite
harmless if it is
depoisoned and it
can become a
house pet. Some
people are
arachnophobia it
is funny watching
them freak out
when seeing a
spider. I laugh
Ha-ha
Habitat
Tarantulas occur worldwide . Those
found in North America occur in the
southern and southwestern states,
including the dry and warmer parts of
the southern California. These are
smaller and generally have a body
length of less than 2 inches and a leg
span of 3 to 4 inches. Some
tarantulas live in underground
burrows, some live on the ground
and other live in the trees and they
live also live in rain forests and
desserts.
Environment of the desert
Some desert tarantulas can store
water in there body which keeps
them from dehydrating in the harsh
dry desert and also it has a spool of
string in its butt so it can make a
web so it can stay off the hot dry
sand.
Food chain
Insects, mainly. Spiders
digest their food externally.
They will generally only eat
live food, although some will
accept dead prey and some
big spiders will apparently
eat small pieces of raw
meat. After catching and
killing their prey, tarantulas
inject it with powerful
digestive enzymes that
liquefy the insect's
contents. When the insides
have been sufficiently
liquefied, the tarantula
sucks the insect dry and
throws away the empty
husk.
Producer,consumer, or decomposer
This organism is a consumer and a
because it eats and then poops out
what eats
Food Web
Population
In the southern states
such as Texas and
California they can
have a tarantula up to
15 every mile. Through
the last 10 years the
population seems to
have stayed the same
but with a few peeks in
both directions
Community
The tarantulas
share a community
with many
organisms such as
smaller spiders,
birds and smaller
insects. birds would
be the top of the list
and spiders next
then insects.
WOW!
Niche
The tarantulas have a niche that it is very important, they
keep the insect level under controlled
Balance
Man hasn’t
disturbed a
tarantulas
ecosystem
except when
they take
tarantulas
as pets.
If the tarantulas
where to
disappear the
ecosystem
would fall out of
balance and the
insects would
over populate