How do tarantulas adapt to the rainforest?

Answer 1

Some species of tarantulas, called terrestrial tarantulas, make burrows by digging down into the earth. These Spiders must be able to select places for their burrows that will avoid their being flooded.

Other species of tarantulas are arboreal, i.e., they live in bushes and trees. They make silken shelters for themselves that look like silken socks and are open at the bottom. These shelters shed water very well, so their makers are protected from rain storms as well as predators. These spiders are very good at sucking water off vertical surfaces such as the leaves of trees, so after a rain they can get water to drink without having to descend to the ground to find a puddle or a pool.

Since they mostly eat flying insects, arboreal tarantulas have to be good at hanging on with their rear four feet and reaching out with their front four legs to capture moths and other flying creatures. They are also fairly adept at jumping from one branch to another that is close by. They have evolved to have a lighter body structure than the terrestrial tarantulas, so they can climb more easily and can survive greater falls than the terrestrial kind.

Answer 2

because they pretend/camaflarge like a leaf - by shannon