Which T's can make sound?

[Moltar]

Stridulatory organs can also be on the prolateral surfaces of the chelicerae (inner surfaces of the chelicerae), and on the retrolateral (posterior side) and prolateral (anterior side) of the coxae of the first and second leg respectively, and so on with II. and III., III. and IV. legs.

Really? All the way back to the 4th legs? That's cool. Is it a rarity for stridulatory organs to be located that far back or is this just one of those (many) common facts I never knew?

 

[Tarantism]

I know I've heard T. blondi stridulate before and it sounds like hissing. It looks like Ceratogyrus and C. crawshayi are already up here too. I think these are more audible than most others.

I don't know much about Selenocosmia crassipes, but shouldn't that be mentioned here too? That's the "whistling/barking spider" isn't it? I was trying to find a video of it stridulating, but I can't seem to find one.

 

[Zoltan]

Hey Ethan,

It's not common, the more common ones are those you mentioned. Stridulatory apparatus on the coxae of the III. and IV. legs are found e.g. in some Lasiodora species and Pamphobeteus crassifemur.

 

[dukegarda]

Think I heard blondi and Psalmopoeus stridulate before on YouTube. That rattlesnake tarantula is awesome! Wonder how potent they are..[/QUOTE]

Can't be all that bad, sounds like a wind up toy car, I want to almost play with it.

Seriously though, things that generally make a noise like that, aren't meant to be messed with.