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Western black widow

Latrodectus hesperus
No sokli doktoroSeeɗa tun no wara, kono ŋatgol no haani doktoro.
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Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba mawɗoŊatgol no haani doktoro. Maayde no famɗi sanne.

The western black widow is a venomous spider that lives in western North America. The female is black, often with a red hourglass mark on her belly, and her webs are tangled and irregular. Her venom is strong, so it is worth knowing what she looks like.1

No hoɗi nder
Western North America: south-western Canada (British Columbia to Manitoba), the Pacific Coast, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mexico1
Amerik Nord
Hello arano
It builds tangled webs low above the ground. It is commonly found near the Canada-US border and less commonly across the grasslands of the Canadian Prairies.1
Juutugol
1,4 cm haa 1,6 cm (0,6 in haa 0,6 in)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 0,98 km/h (0,61 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It hangs upside down near the centre of its web and waits for insects to land in it. It bites the prey, injects venom, and wraps it in silk. Beetles and ants, wasps and bumblebees make up most of its prey.1
Goonga!Natal Western black widow
Western black widow. Natal: Luke Padon. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • The female is about 14–16 mm long and black, often with an hourglass-shaped mark on the lower abdomen.1
  • The hourglass mark is usually red, but it can be yellow and, very rarely, white.1
  • The male is about half the female's length and is generally beige, with lighter striping on the abdomen.1
  • Its webs are irregular or tangled, with no obvious overall pattern.1

No jiibondiree e: It was once described as a subspecies of Latrodectus mactans and is closely related to the northern species Latrodectus variolus.1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Ŋatgol

Tooke no yaltira ñiiƴe mum tuma ngal ŋatata.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

The female's venom contains a neurotoxin called α-latrotoxin, which attacks the nerves. In humans, its symptoms include pain, nausea, vomiting, goosebumps and localised sweating.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba mawɗoŊatgol no haani doktoro. Maayde no famɗi sanne.

Historical reports gave fatality rates between 0.5% and 12%. However, recent studies have not been able to confirm any deaths from the U.S. species of Latrodectus, including zero deaths among 23,409 documented bites from 2000 through 2008.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

Juveniles and females can fling a sticky ball of silk at predators, which can stop most of them.1

Si no ŋata

  • Loot nokku ŋataaɗo on, waɗ galaasi e dow mum ngam muusu. Heɓu ballal doktoro si muusu ngu no tiiɗi, no saakoo, walla neɗɗo on no yi'a o selliraali.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Western black widow juuti wona 1,6 cm (0,6 in)Ɓiyngel maaro wootel wona 7 mm (0,3 in)Pees 1 oro wona 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ɓuri hoɓɓere maa tokoosere rabbiɗugol

Hono Western black widow mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

When prey hits a gumfoot thread, the thread breaks and creates tension that pulls the line and prey up to the spider.1

2

This spider is an opportunistic cannibal, and it may eat other members of its own kind when prey is scarce, when it is very hungry, or in self-defence.1

3

The silk is strongly sticky, and its strength is similar to that of silk from orb-weaving spiders.1

4

Males can be preferred by females based on the webs, with well-fed females chosen over starved ones.1

5

Males may mate several times during their relatively short lives.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: A black widow bite is usually deadly.

Goonga: Recent studies have not confirmed any deaths from the U.S. species of Latrodectus, including zero deaths among 23,409 documented bites from 2000 through 2008.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Latrodectus hesperus
Fedde
Araañeeji
Ɓesngu
Theridiidae2
Ordre
Araneae
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Nord
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
Females produce egg sacs, and the young are born in the months from May to October.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
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Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Latrodectus hesperus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus hesperus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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