Tarantula Feet Thread

[Tarantulafeets]

Ever since I've been in the hobby, I have always been fascinated by the tarantula foot (hence the username.) Feel free to post pics of you tarantula's tarsus pads! (What an odd thing to say )

L parahybana

L parahybana

• Tarantulafeets
• Aug 12, 2021
• 2
• foot lasiodora lasiodora parahybana macro parahybana tarsal claws tarsal pad tarsus

What a purdy little thing

T albopilosus



C marshalli



A chalcodes


H gigas

H gigas

• Tarantulafeets
• Jul 25, 2021
• 3
• escape hysterocrates hysterocrates gigas juvenile rehouse

Just got rehoused yesterday, and it seems that it's already planning escape routes I see...

And a drawing of one (my pfp)

 

[coolnweird]

Love the toe claws and the fluffy paws! Gorgeous pics, thanks for sharing

 

[ThatsUnpossible]

Cute! I don’t have any pics, but I think their feet are adorable. Like fluffy slippers. Love your pics and the drawing is fab.

 

[Ungoliant]

Three Toes to the Wind (Avicularia avicularia)

• Ungoliant
• Mar 8, 2017
• avicularia avicularia avicularia drinking female mature female pinktoe tarantula twinkle toes

Twinkle Toes, my elderly female Avicularia avicularia, taking a long drink.

 

[vicareux]

Took this last night while i was experimenting with camera settings
Monocentropus balfouri

 

[dman13760]

does anyone know if they have the ability to retract the claws on their feet? Or are the claws fixed in place?

 

[Tarantulafeets]

does anyone know if they have the ability to retract the claws on their feet? Or are the claws fixed in place?

Yes, they can retract their claws, as you can see on my C marshalli in my first post. The feet of the A chalcodes and H gigas have the claws retracted too.

 

[dman13760]

Yes, they can retract their claws

that's soo cool!

 

[Tarantulafeets]

Gbb


Also noticed that my lp has little spikes on her tarsal claws, anyone know what these are or what purpose they serve?

 

[Tarantulafeets]

L giannispasotoi

 

[Ungoliant]

Also noticed that my lp has little spikes on her tarsal claws, anyone know what these are or what purpose they serve?

Biology of Spiders doesn't specify, but since many spiders' tarsal claws are serrated or bristled, I would theorize they help improve grip.

Other autapomorphies of the Araneoidea are serrated bristles around the tarsal claws (used for grasping the silk thread; and a typical scaly surface structure of the cuticle.

The middle claw is important for web spiders, because they use it to catch hold of the silk threads of their webs; in fact, only the middle hook and not the large main claws grasps the thread. The thread is pushed by the middle claw against serrated bristles situated opposite the claws. There it is held, snagged in the little notches of these bristles. To release the thread, the middle claw is lifted by the musculus levator praetarsi; the inherent elasticity of the thread simply causes it to spring back out of the clasp of the claw.

The ridges on the claws may be a vestigial feature:

Two claws must be the derived condition. It is assumed that the third claw (middle claw) was reduced in several spider families during the transition from a life in a web to free hunting.

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica


Poecilotheria striata

 

[Skullion]

It's weird to say but they have cute little feet <3

 

[amblygrey]

Ever since I've been in the hobby, I have always been fascinated by the tarantula foot (hence the username.) Feel free to post pics of you tarantula's tarsus pads! (What an odd thing to say )

L parahybana
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L parahybana

• Tarantulafeets
• Aug 12, 2021
• 2
• foot lasiodora lasiodora parahybana macro parahybana tarsal claws tarsal pad tarsus

What a purdy little thing

T albopilosus
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C marshalli
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A chalcodes
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H gigas

H gigas

• Tarantulafeets
• Jul 25, 2021
• 3
• escape hysterocrates hysterocrates gigas juvenile rehouse

Just got rehoused yesterday, and it seems that it's already planning escape routes I see...

And a drawing of one (my pfp)
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Oh my god this is too cute

 

[Tarantulafeets]

C marshalli


L giannispasotoi


P murinus

 

[Tarantulafeets]

C versi sling

 

[webjunkie72]

Did I just stumbled onto a tarantula foot fetish community?

 

[Hakuna]

So cute

 

[Biollantefan54]

I took this today of my Avicularia amazonica, this is from a molt

 

[amblygrey]

P cambridgei