Amazon bird-catching spiders, mainly distributed in Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela, The Deep South American Rainforest, with an average foot span of 22 to 27 cm. It belongs to the ground-dwelling hairy spider, it preys on brute force and venom, although this guy is the largest spider in the world, but its personality is not the most grumpy, in the rain forest encounters humans will still obediently avoid.
They prey on ambush methods, because they are highly myopic, will be laid on the ground a thin layer of silk, through the induction of vibration to judge the position of the prey, after the ambush success will; bite the prey after injecting venom with the foot "wrapped" the prey and wait for the prey to die, it is worth mentioning that the bird catcher spider venom not only has the effect of killing the prey, but also the effect of dissolving the prey, they mainly rely on dissolving the muscle tissue after sucking liquid for a living. Venom is a very important thing for bird-catching spiders, so they will not waste too much venom to prey on birds and rodents unless they have to, and most of the time they prey on food such as insects.
When encountering predators or danger, they will use their hind feet to quickly pluck the stings on the abdomen to cover the surroundings, and their stings are tiny with barbs and irritation, on the skin, it will be extremely itchy, if accidentally inhaled will lead to respiratory allergic reactions, the picture is a frightened, kicking hair are bald Amazon giant bird catcher spider.
Like all hairy spiders, the Amazon giant bird catcher is male and female. Male spiders have a special genitalia called Jingquan ; Jingquan is colloquially known as the two hands at the mouth. During mating, the male spider will pick up the female spider and then insert a sperm fist into the genital cavity of the mother's abdomen. After mating, they are like praying mantises, the female spider will not hesitate to kill the male spider to make it a full meal during its pregnancy, even if the male spider is lucky enough to escape, it will die quickly, because the male spider will die as long as it is mated. Before the mother spider gives birth, she will lay thick silk on the ground, and then wrap the eggs in silk like a cocoon, and before the baby spider is born, the mother spider does not eat or drink. This behavior is called "egg hugging."
We also have the above three more common hairy spiders in the land of China, and the Amazon giant bird catcher spider is only a gentle "giant" in front of them, whether it is poisonous or fierce, it is stronger than the Amazon giant bird catcher spider.