Katipo
The katipō is a cobweb spider found only in New Zealand, where it lives in coastal sand dunes. It is closely related to the Australian redback spider. Its bite is venomous to people, but bites are rare.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Adult females have a body length of 8–10 mm (about 0.3–0.4 in).1
- The red katipō, found in the South Island and lower North Island, has a large black, shiny abdomen with a white-bordered orange or red stripe on top, and a red hourglass-shaped marking underneath.1
- The black katipō, found in the upper North Island, has no upper red or orange stripe and is somewhat lighter in colour.1
- Males are 4–5 mm long, white with black stripes and red hourglass-shaped markings.1
Kitera okutabulwa ne: Steatoda species, which share the same habitat, are very similar and are called "false katipō" in New Zealand. The katipō has a less shiny, more tapered abdomen, and its side eyes are further apart. It is also similar to the redback, but the katipō has only short hair-like spines on its abdomen, while the redback has a mix of long and short ones.1
Amaanyi g'obusagwa
Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.
Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?
The bite can cause latrodectism, a toxic syndrome that affects the nerves and body. Symptoms include extreme pain and, potentially, high blood pressure (hypertension) or seizures.1
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkulumwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.Katipō are venomous to humans, but bites are described as rare. Serious symptoms are possible, including extreme pain, high blood pressure and seizures.1
Amawulire amalungi: abasawo balina eddagala (antivenom) oba obujjanjabi ku kino.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
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
kitono nnyo nti kisobola okutuula ku lwala lwoKatipo kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?
Kubala bwokka mu browser yo. Tewali kitterekebwa wadde okusindikibwa wonna.
Kidduka kyenkana wa?
Ebituufu
In one 24-hour study of young spiders, 28% left the web by ballooning, carried by air currents.1
Katipō is one of the few Māori words that refers to a specific species of spider.1
The female does not usually eat the male after mating, unlike some other widow spiders.1
Females cover their egg sacs with silk and sand, which partly hides them in the web.1
The katipō is found only in New Zealand.1
Omumenyi w'enfumo
Enfumo: The katipō is just a form of the redback spider.
Amazima: The katipō is genetically and physically distinct from the redback, even though the two are closely related. It was once thought to be a subspecies of the redback.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Latrodectus katipo
- Ekibinja
- Nnabbubi
- Amaka
- Theridiidae2
- Ensengeka
- Araneae
- Ssemazinga
- Awusitureeliya ne Oseyaniya
- Abaana abawere
- The female lays five or six egg sacs in November or December, with about 70 to 90 eggs in each. The young hatch after 20–25 days and leave the egg sac in January and February.1
- Kiri kitya mu nsiko
- In serious decline (New Zealand Threat Classification System)1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 3 / 5: Kya maanyi3
Ebituufu we biva
- Katipō (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Latrodectus katipo (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- 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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