What's the temperature where you are???

[NagemTX]

Upgraded to Hurricane Watch in my area.

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Chili

 

[Nomadicus]

87° and partly cloudy

 

[AGeese]

12:15 PM
103F
19% humidity
clear

It's tarantula season! They live in deep underground burrows lined with silk webbing. Males leave their burrows and roam around to find a mate. This will continue until September.

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Do they have any natural predators?

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

And rising. Hopefully we get some rain to cool it down. All chickens (except for 2 day olds) had a watermelon treat. The weather has been overbearing the last month. It would be great if we were getting a breeze but NOPE.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Do they have any natural predators?

Hawks, coatis, owls, eagles, snakes, large lizards, large toads, and scorpions all eat tarantulas.

The most formidable predator of tarantulas is the tarantula hawk which is a type of wasp. The female tarantula hawk paralyzes the tarantula with her stinger and drags it back to her burrow. She lays an egg in the spider's abdomen then covers the entrance of the burrow to trap the spider.

Once the egg hatches, the larvae feed on the spider for several weeks, avoiding vital organs to keep the spider alive until the larvae pupates into an adult wasp.

The sting of the tarantula hawk is the is among the most painful of all insects. One researcher described the pain as "...immediate, excruciating, unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything except scream." The sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt sting pain index, second only to the bullet ant.

They ignore humans and don't sting unless provoked. I see them occasionally outside and just stay the heck away from them.

 

[Nomadicus]

A miserable humid 93° and sunny. It was not supposed to get this hot today.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

3:45 PM
109F
10% humidity
sunny

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Currently 101 outside. I think we all might die of heatstroke before this week is over…

 

[007Sean]

Saturday: 7:37pm, 77°F, humidity 100%, wind NE @ 14mph, heavy rain. We're already getting alot of rain from Beryl. Flooding expected until 11pm