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Darwin's bark spider

Caerostris darwini
Oor die naam: It was named in honour of the naturalist Charles Darwin, on 24 November 2009, exactly 150 years after The Origin of Species was published.1
OnskadelikOnskadelik vir mense. Niks om oor bekommerd te wees nie.
Spinnekoppe ByteEet: Insekte
Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

Darwin's bark spider is an orb-weaver that builds the largest orb webs ever seen. It lives in the forests of Madagascar, where it hangs its web over rivers and lakes. Scientists found it in 2009, and it has unusually tough silk.1

Leef in
Madagascar, found in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park1
Afrika
Tuis
Builds its web directly above rivers or the water of lakes, a habitat no other spider is known to use. Its webs are large enough to be noticed from a distance.1
Lengte
2,2 cm (0,9 in)1
Topspoed
omtrent 1,1 km/h (0,68 mph)
Op land, rowwe skatting
Wat eet dit?
Catches insects, including mayflies, that fly over the water and become caught in its web. One web has been seen holding up to 32 mayflies at a time.1
Regtig waar!Foto van Darwin's bark spider
Darwin's bark spider. Foto: Matjazgregoric. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

  • Females are largely black, with white hairs on the body and legs.1
  • The top of the front body section has two pairs of raised humps, one at the sides and one towards the back.1
  • Females are about 1.8 to 2.2 cm long, while males are around 0.6 cm.1
  • Males are redder and lighter brown, with white hairs and red, hairless leg segments (femora).1
  • Webs are very large, up to 2.8 square metres, and are strung over water.1

Word dikwels verwar met: Other Caerostris species live in the same region of Madagascar. Darwin's bark spider has clearly separated epigynal chambers (parts of the female's genital plate) with a pair of hooks at the back, which the other species from the region do not have.1

Gifkrag

Byte

Gif kom deur sy giftande of tande uit wanneer dit byt.

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

As dit byt

  • Was die byt en sit 'n yspak daarop vir die pyn. Kry mediese hulp as die pyn erg is, versprei of die persoon sleg voel.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

  • Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
  • Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
  • As een jou byt: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

Darwin's bark spider omtrent 2,2 cm lank (0,9 in)'n Ryskorrel omtrent 7 mm (0,3 in)'n 1-euro-muntstuk omtrent 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
omtrent so lank soos 'n skuifspeldkan 100 meter in 330 sekondes aflê (die vinnigste mens het 9,6 nodig)

Hoe groot is Darwin's bark spider in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

1

Its silk is the toughest biological material ever studied. It is over ten times tougher than a similar amount of Kevlar.1

2

Its web is the largest orb web ever observed, covering up to 2.8 square metres. Its bridge lines can span up to 25 metres.1

3

The spider uses a set of web-building behaviours that are unknown in other spiders. It releases bridge silk into the air so the wind carries it across the water.1

4

Females are much larger than males, sometimes many times heavier. This is one of the most extreme size differences between the sexes in spiders.1

5

Flies that feed on its catches have been found living alongside it, and the spider sometimes chases them away.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam
Caerostris darwini
Groep
Spinnekoppe
Familie
Araneidae2
Orde
Araneae
Kontinente
Afrika
Gevaar vir mense
1 / 5: Lig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

  1. Darwin's bark spider (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Caerostris darwini (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
  3. Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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