Tarantula Slang, Glossary, links and Info

This will be a BIG work in progress for me and will take some time so please bare with me on this :salute:

Slang Terms and Glossary
Aboreal - Tarantulas that live in the trees
Boxing Gloves - The enlarged bulbous pedipalps of a mature male
Death curl - This is the position the tarantula is in when it is dying. They will be upright with their legs curled underneath of them
Desiccated - Means dried up and dehydrated
Eggs with legs - This is the 2nd molt after the egg stage for a pre-sling
Exuvia - The skin that the tarantula leaves behind after a molt
Gravid - Pregnant
Instar - The number of the molt the T is on after it hatched into a sling. For example: 1st instar, 2nd instar, 3rd instar etc.
Juvie - Shortened word for a Juvenile tarantula that is at a stage in its life where it is between a sling and an adult
LS - Shortened way to say leg span
NW - New World Species (These are the tarantula's that have the Urticating hairs)
Opisthoma - Abdomen
OW - Old World Species
Palps - Shortened way of saying Pedipalps
Pre-molt - This is the period before tarantula molts and it is quite obvious ( stops eating, darkened abdomen, sluggish behavior, etc)
Post-molt - This is the period just after the tarantula molts while the exoskeleton and fangs are hardening up.
Post-ultimate - When a male tarantula has molted for the last time before his death
Sperm web - Is a tent shaped web the male uses to deposit his sperm and collect it in the bulbs on his palps
Sling - Shortened way of saying Spiderling
T - Is just short for Tarantula
Terrestrial - Tarantula's that live on the ground
U Hairs - Shortened way of saying Urticating hairs
UADS - Up And Die Syndrome or death of unknown cause

General Info

• Tarantula on its back -If a tarantula is on its back it is more than likely molting.
• When your T stands up on hind legs with their front leg spread wide and straight up in the air (some will have their fangs bared) this is a threat display.
• All tarantula's are venomous (some more than others) NOT poisonous.
• Do not place cotton or a sponge in the water dish, it is not needed and breeds bacteria!!
• Do not use sand, gravel, or bark chips as a substrate.
• There are six different types of urticating hair known in tarantulas (M. Overton, 2002). And they are all different in shape and size.
  Type I (0.2–0.6 mm)
  Type II (0.5–1.5 mm) These are not kicked off by the tarantula. Direct contact is necessary to penetrate an attacker. Tarantulas from the genera "Avicularia", "Pachistopelma" and "Iridopelma" possess Type II hairs. (Toni Hoover, 1997)
  Type III (0.3–1.2 mm)
  Type IV (0.06–0.2 mm)
  Type V
  Type VI
  
  Type III urticating hairs are most efficient for defense against vertebrates and invertebrates.
  Types III and IV are the most irritant to mammalian predators.
  Type I and III urticating hairs are representative on "Lasiodora" and "Acanthoscurria", excluding "Grammostola" (exhibits types III and IV).
  
  Type III urticating hair is typically found on the species of "Theraphosa spp.", "Nhandu spp.", "Megaphoboema spp.", "Sericopelma spp.", "Eupalaestrus spp.", "Proshapalopus spp.", "Brachypelma spp.", "Cyrtopholis spp.", "Iracema spp." and other genera of subfamily Theraphosinae (Rick West, 2002).
  
  Type V urticating hair is typical of the species of genus "Ephebopus". As mentioned earlier they are located on the pedipalps. They are much shorter and lighter in contrast with other types of urticating hair. These are easily thrown by the spider into the air (Marshal and Uetz, 1990).
  
  Type VI urticating hair is found in the genus "Hemirrhagus" (F. Perez-Miles, 1998).
  
  According to Vellard (1936) and Buecherl (1951), genera with the most urticating hairs are "Lasiodora", "Grammostola" and "Acanthoscurria".

Slang names of tarantulas
GBB - Greenbottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyanopubescens)
OBT - Shortened way of saying Orange Bitey Thing (Pterinochilus murinus)
Pokie or Poec- Shortened way of referring to the Poecilotheria species
PZB - Pink Zebra Beauty (Eupalaestrus campestratus)
RCF - Red Color Phase
Rosie Hair - Chilean Rosehair (Grammostola rosea)
T Blondi - Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)
Versi - Antilles Pinktoe (Avicularia versicolor)

Links
Are tarantulas dangerous: http://arachnophiliac.info/burrow/tarantula_dangers.htm
Treating Urticating Hair Allergic Reactions:http://arachnophiliac.info/burrow/ut..._reactions.htm

I will be adding a ton of more info like best begginer species, what to look for when trying to determine sex and all kinds of fun stuff :gj: Feel free to PM me with what you would like to see added, corrections etc :D

Very informative and well put together!

Awesome job so far, Boanerges! I'm looking forward to what you'll be adding in the future :gj:

great info :gj:

Vary nice, and lots of good info. :gj: