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Karoo button spider

Latrodectus karrooensis
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Araañeeji ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The Karoo button spider is a venomous spider that lives only in South Africa. It belongs to the same group as the black widow spiders. Its bite causes very unpleasant symptoms, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit its range.1

Ina wuuri e
South Africa only, in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
Afrik
Hello arano
It lives in dark corners in a variety of small habitats, where it builds its three-dimensional webs. It has been found at altitudes from 648 to 1358 metres above sea level, in the Fynbos and Nama Karoo biomes.1
Juuteendi
3 cm (1,2 in)3
mawnude mawɗo heewɗo
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is a spider that catches prey in its web.1
Goonga!Natal Karoo button spider
Karoo button spider. Natal: Cecile Roux. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • It builds a three-dimensional web suspended in mid-air.1
  • The web has loose, interconnected threads that lead to a tightly woven retreat.1
  • Its retreat is inverted and cup-shaped, with pebbles built into the dome.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: Four of the six Latrodectus species found in southern Africa are known as black button or black widow spiders, so common names alone cannot tell them apart. Its distinctive web and pebble-domed retreat help to recognise this species.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Like all Latrodectus species, it has a neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. The venom acts on nerve endings and causes latrodectism, a condition with very unpleasant symptoms.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

Its bite causes latrodectism, which brings very unpleasant symptoms in humans.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 no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Karoo button spider hedde 3 cm juutde (1,2 in)Ñippirde kaayitaaje hedde 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon mo smart hedde 15 cm (5,9 in)
hedde juutde no ñippirde kaayitaaje

Hol no Karoo button spider mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its retreat has pebbles built into the dome, which makes it easy to recognise.1

2

It is one of six Latrodectus species found in southern Africa.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Latrodectus karrooensis
Fedde
Araañeeji
Ɓesngu
Theridiidae2
Ordre
Araneae
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Hol no ngal woniri e ladde
Least Concern1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Latrodectus karrooensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus karrooensis (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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