Brown widow
ŊatgolThe brown widow is a spider in the widow family, a close cousin of the black widow. It lives in many parts of the world, often around houses and buildings. Its bite is painful but usually not dangerous.1

No anndirte ngal
- Black and white geometric pattern on the top of the abdomen1
- Usually a bright orange or yellowish hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen1
- Body colour ranges from tan and dark brown to black, with shades of grey also possible1
- Stripes on the legs1
- Egg sacs are spiky, like a sandspur, and sometimes described as tufted, fluffy or spiky1
Ina heewi waylondireede e: The black widow is slightly larger and darker, and has a red hourglass on the underside. The brown widow is lighter, has an orange or yellow hourglass, and has a black and white pattern on top of the abdomen that the black widow does not have. In southern Africa, the brown widow's relative L. rhodesiensis, native to Zimbabwe, is also called a brown button spider.1
Doole tooke
Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.
Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?
Like all widow spiders, the brown widow has a neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. It causes latrodectism, a set of very unpleasant symptoms. The effects are usually confined to the bite area and the tissue around it.1
Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.Brown widow bites are usually not very dangerous, and are much less dangerous than black widow bites. The spider cannot deliver as much venom as a black widow, so its bites are considered minor. They are painful.1
So ina ŋata
- Loot nokku ŋataaɗo oo, waɗ galaas e mum ngam muusu ngu. Heɓ ballal cafrol so muusu ngu ina tiiɗi, ina saakoo walla neɗɗo oo ina wiya wonaa e jam.
Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
- Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.
Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no mawniri?
Hol no juutiri?
hedde juutde no ñippirde kaayitaajeHol no Brown widow mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?
Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.
Hol no yaawiri?
Humpito
In Southern California, researchers suggest the brown widow may be pushing black widows out of the area by competing and fighting for territory.1
Its egg sacs are so spiky that they are easy to tell apart from those of most other spiders.1
A female can make up to 20 egg sacs over her lifetime, with 120 to 150 eggs in each.1
Brown widows are preyed upon by wasps, including blue mud-dauber wasps and digger wasps.1
Feññinoowo fenaande
Fenaande: The brown widow is as dangerous as the black widow.
Goonga: Brown widow bites are usually not very dangerous and are much less dangerous than black widow bites.1
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Latrodectus geometricus
- Fedde
- Araañeeji
- Ɓesngu
- Theridiidae2
- Ordre
- Araneae
- Leyɗe mawɗe
- Afrik
- Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
- Eggs hatch in about 20 days. Each female lays about 120 to 150 eggs per sac and can make up to 20 sacs in her lifetime.1
- Hol no ngal woniri e ladde
- Least Concern (South African National Biodiversity Institute)1
- Bone e yimɓe
- 2 / 5: Muusɗo3
Ɗo humpito iwri
- Latrodectus geometricus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Latrodectus geometricus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
- Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.
Kala humpito e ngoo hello ina jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. So men juumii, yaafo, men ko yiɗɓe kulle, wonaa jaaynde ganndal. Wiy men e [email protected], men feewnita.