We were just about to leave to school when I curiously lifted up a rock close to the vegetation. Something brown moved a little, and at first look itself I knew what it was. A Singapore Tarantula, the only species of tarantula that can be found in Singapore. It took me quite a while to get a full shot of it. First I managed to get a shot of it with its head hiding under its nest.
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These are hairy, robust spiders with heavy jaws projecting forward horizontally from the cephalothorax. The fangs point backwards, instead of facing each other like a pair of pincers as in most spiders. On the underside of the abdomen are two pairs of book-lungs, whose positions are marked by four pale patches.
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Soon it moved out of the nest cautiously and I was just there to get a shot of it with its entire body out. This is one of the pictures that I took:
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This is a common species found in and around leaf litter and under rocks and pieces of wood. Gardens and wasteland are its favoured habitat, thus making it common in urban areas.
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