Beaches and Tarantulas

[johnharper]

Is there any tarantulas that live close to the beach or in mangrove swamps?

John

 

[Talkenlate04]

In this country or another?

 

[metallica]

the Cyriopagopus sp"Sulawesi" is found in trees right next to the beach.

 

[scolex]

I am sure you will find some in Florida, California, and mexico, maybe Texas too.

 

[johnharper]

What about the mangrove swamps of Austraila? I just googled Cyriopagopus sp"Sulawesi and its a very cool looking tarantula. Have any been confirmed or discovered in Austraila in their mangrove swamps?

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=100938

John

 

[MVDaniel]

I'm gonna go with no, because of most of their habits. A lot of Ts live in rain forests and areas like that with dense cover to protect them. I know a lot of Ts also live in desert areas as well, but I think the difference lies in the other local wildlife; Tarantulas are just not, by nature, very adept at defending themselves. Sure, they're capable of fending off the occasional larger insect or lizard here and there, but areas like mangrove swamps are just so ripe with snakes, birds and myriad other predators that feed on exactly things like unwary spiders. Even the rodents in the mangroves are particularly saavy hunters.

I could be totally wrong, I have no research pertaining to spiders to back this up, but I lived among the mangroves for a long time and saw a great deal of nocturnal, ground hunting birds and such in my time and never a spider unless it was in my house. And I was looking, believe me.

 

[Lucara]

Theres supposed to be wild B. vagans running around Florida near Vero beach I believe it was.

 

[Anansis]

I'm sure there are B. vagans inhabiting some of the cayes in Belize and they are primarily mangroves and sand.

Ollie

 

[crpy]

Theres supposed to be wild B. vagans running around Florida near Vero beach I believe it was.

Lake Wales, hwy27 and sr60 near highland park area