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Ekifaananyi ekikubiddwa ekya Common rain spider
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Common rain spider

Palystes superciliosus
Ku linnya: Its common name comes from its habit of entering homes before rain. The genus Palystes is also called the lizard-eating spiders.1
Tekirina kabiTekirina kabi eri abantu. Tewali kya kweraliikirira.
Nnabbubi KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

The common rain spider is a large huntsman spider that lives across southern Africa. It often comes indoors, especially before rain, and it hunts geckos. Its size and striking leg markings make it look frightening, but its bite is not dangerous to people.1

Kibeera mu
Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Eswatini1
Afirika
Awaka
It is very common in houses and often comes indoors before rainy spells. It also lives in scrubland and savannah woodland, and has been found in cabbage, avocado and macadamia orchards.1
Obuwanvu
3,6 cm (1,4 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 1,7 km/h (1,1 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It hunts geckos, which are its main prey in homes. Males are often seen from August to December, probably searching for females.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Common rain spider
Common rain spider. Ekifaananyi: Rudolph Steenkamp. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • A large huntsman spider. Its body can reach about 4 cm and its legs about 11 cm.1
  • Both males and females are roughly the same size.1
  • When threatened, it lifts into a threat pose that shows yellow and black bands on the underside of its legs.1
  • Females build large round silk egg sacs with twigs and leaves woven in.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its bite causes a burning sensation and swelling. The swelling lasts for a few days. Recovery is spontaneous and complete.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: KitonoNga okubojja kw'enjuki oba okutono okusingawo. Kumpi tekirina kabi eri abantu.

In humans, the bite is no more dangerous than a bee sting. Many gardeners are bitten by protective females guarding their egg sacs.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

It lifts into a threat pose that shows yellow and black banding on the underside of its legs, and females guard their egg sacs aggressively.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Naaza ekifo ekirumiddwa era okiteekeko ayisi olw'obulumi. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo singa obulumi bungi, busaasaana oba omuntu awulira bubi.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekuluma: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Common rain spider kiwanvu nga 3,6 cm (1,4 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
kiwanvu nga pepa kiripukyandisobodde okudduka mita 100 mu sikonda 210 (omuntu asinga embiro yeetaaga 9,6)

Common rain spider kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

1

A wasp larva eats its paralysed spider host slowly, eating the outer flesh first and saving the vital organs until last, so the spider stays fresh.1

2

Pompilid wasps hunt these spiders, sting them to paralyse them, and drag them back to their nests.1

3

Females build an egg sac in about 3 to 5 hours.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: A guinea pig died within 7 minutes after a rain spider bit it in a 1959 experiment, so the spider's venom must be deadly.

Amazima: Further research on anaesthetised guinea pigs showed the original animal died of shock, not from the venom. In humans, the bite is no more dangerous than a bee sting.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Palystes superciliosus
Ekibinja
Nnabbubi
Amaka
Sparassidae2
Ensengeka
Araneae
Ssemazinga
Afirika
Abaana abawere
Females lay eggs in a large silk egg sac, about three sacs over their two-year lives. The spiderlings hatch inside the sac and chew their way out about three weeks later.1
Obuwangaazi
nga emyaka 21
Akabi eri abantu
1 / 5: Kitono3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Palystes superciliosus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Palystes superciliosus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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