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Tarantula wolf spider

Lycosa tarantula

Sobre o nome: It gets its name from the city of Taranto in Italy, which is near where it is found.1

Só doeDoe, pero non che fará un dano grave.

Arañas

MordeCome: Carne

Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.

Lycosa tarantula is a large wolf spider that lives mainly in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy. It was once called the tarantula, and it gives that name to a famous old folk dance. It hunts at night and tends to keep away from people.1

Vive en

Southern Europe, especially the Apulia region of Italy and near the city of Taranto; also recorded in France1

Europa

Inicio

It lives in burrows that it digs itself. Females stay in their burrows for their whole lives, waiting at the entrance at night for prey. Young spiders dig their own burrows after they leave their mother.1

Lonxitude

1,9 cm a 3 cm (0,7 in a 1,2 in)1

Velocidade máxima

uns 1,3 km/h (0,81 mph)

En terra, estimación aproximada

Que come?

It leaves its burrow at night to catch prey. Females wait at the burrow mouth and make nocturnal trips to capture prey.1

Foto de Tarantula wolf spider — Tarantula wolf spider. Foto: Benjamin Carbuccia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Como recoñecelo

A large wolf spider. Females can have a body length of up to 3 cm, and males are smaller, at around 1.9 cm.1
Mostly active at night.1
Usually found lurking at the mouths of its burrows.1
Runs very fast and keeps moving, so it is hard to catch.1

Adoita confundirse con: It is often called a tarantula, but in English that name now more commonly refers to spiders in the Theraphosidae family. This spider is a wolf spider, in the Lycosidae family.1

Poder da pezoña

Morde

A pezoña sae polos seus cairos ou dentes cando morde.

Que fai a súa pezoña?

Its venom is made mostly of neurotoxins, which act on the nerves, and venom proteins. The venom is not known to be harmful to people. It has been observed to harm some small vertebrates, so careful handling matters.1

Que perigoso é para as persoas?

Perigo para as persoas: DolorosoPode doer moito, pero case nunca é grave.

Its bite is not known to cause severe symptoms in humans, and it is not known to endanger human life. Wolf spiders are not among the spider families recognised as posing a serious health risk to people.1

Que fai cando ten medo?

When cornered, it does not make threat displays or advance on a hand to bite. Its usual response to a large animal is to flee.1

Se morde

Lava a mordedura e ponlle unha bolsa de xeo para a dor. Busca axuda médica se a dor é forte, se se estende ou se a persoa se sente mal.

Chama sempre primeiro ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911). Isto son consellos xerais de primeiros auxilios, non consello médico. Primeiros auxilios básicos

Mantente a salvo

Nunca toques, collas nin molestes un animal salvaxe, aínda que sexa pequeno e aínda que pareza durmido ou morto.
Déixalle espazo. Se atopas un, mantén a calma, recúa amodo e déixao ir polo seu camiño.
Se un te morde: mantén a calma, non te movas, chama ao teu número de emerxencias (112, 000, 911) ou vai rápido a un hospital. Lembra como era, unha foto axuda.

Non vai a por ti. Usa a súa pezoña para cazar comida ou para defenderse, e prefire con moito agocharse. Máis sobre como estar a salvo

En que lugar do mundo?

África Asia Europa América do Norte América do Sur Australia e Oceanía

Que tamaño ten?

Canto mide?

mide máis ou menos coma un clippodería percorrer 100 metros en 280 segundos (o humano máis rápido precisa 9,6)

Que tamaño ten Tarantula wolf spider comparado CONTIGO?

Só son contas no teu navegador. Non se garda nin se envía nada a ningures.

Que rápido é?

Unha tartaruga uns 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Tarantula wolf spider uns 1,3 km/h (0,81 mph)

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

paga a pena sabelo

Datos

Many mating encounters, about one-third in one study, end with the female eating the male.1

The folk dance called the tarantella is linked to an old belief about this spider's bite.1

Females spend their whole lives in their burrows, apart from night-time trips to hunt.1

Wolf spiders have quite good eyesight, so a person is unlikely to approach one unseen.1

Mature males leave their burrows and wander about looking for mates.1

Desmontamitos

Mito: A bite from this spider can cause severe illness called tarantism, which must be treated by dancing.

Verdade: This was a traditional superstition in Apulia. The bites are not known to cause severe symptoms in humans or to endanger life.1

Para expertos en pezoñas

Nome científico: Lycosa tarantula
Grupo: Arañas
Familia: Lycosidae2
Orde: Araneae
Continentes: Europa
Crías: Females carry a silken sac with over 100 eggs attached to their spinnerets. After hatching, the spiderlings climb onto their mother's abdomen and ride around with her until they are mature enough to survive on their own.1
Esperanza de vida: uns 4 anos1
Perigo para as persoas: 2 / 5: Doloroso3

De onde veñen os datos

Lycosa tarantula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lycosa tarantula (iNaturalist): nomes e clasificación.
Venom Wiki: o nivel de perigo, o tamaño típico e a velocidade estimada son nosos. Mira como os calculamos: Como valoramos o perigo.

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