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Common rain spider

Palystes superciliosus
Tentang nama: Its common name comes from its habit of entering homes before rain. The genus Palystes is also called the lizard-eating spiders.1
Tidak berbahayaTidak berbahaya kepada manusia. Tiada apa yang perlu dirisaukan.
Labah-labah GigitanMakan: Daging
Bahaya kepada manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau kurang. Boleh dikatakan tidak berbahaya kepada manusia.

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

Hidup di
Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Eswatini1
Afrika
Laman utama
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
Panjang
3.6 cm (1.4 in)1
Kelajuan maksimum
kira-kira 1.7 km/j (1.1 mph)
Di darat, anggaran kasar
Apa yang ia makan?
It hunts geckos, which are its main prey in homes. Males are often seen from August to December, probably searching for females.1
Betul-betul!Gambar Common rain spider
Common rain spider. Gambar: Rudolph Steenkamp. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

  • 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

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

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

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau kurang. Boleh dikatakan tidak berbahaya kepada manusia.

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

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

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

Jika ia menggigit

  • Basuh tempat gigitan dan letakkan pek ais untuk menghilangkan sakit. Dapatkan bantuan perubatan jika sakitnya kuat, merebak atau orang itu berasa tidak sihat.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

  • Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
  • Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
  • Jika ia menggigit kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

Common rain spider panjangnya kira-kira 3.6 cm (1.4 in)Klip kertas kira-kira 3 cm (1.2 in)Telefon pintar kira-kira 15 cm (5.9 in)
lebih kurang sepanjang klip kertasboleh melepasi 100 meter dalam 210 saat (manusia paling laju perlukan 9.6)

Berapa besar Common rain spider berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

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

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: 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.

Hakikat: 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

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik
Palystes superciliosus
Kumpulan
Labah-labah
Keluarga
Sparassidae2
Susunan
Araneae
Benua-benua
Afrika
Anak
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
Jangka hayat
kira-kira 2 tahun1
Bahaya kepada manusia
1 / 5: Ringan3

Dari mana fakta datang

  1. Palystes superciliosus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Palystes superciliosus (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
  3. Venom Wiki: tahap bahaya, saiz biasa dan anggaran kelajuan adalah penilaian kami sendiri. Lihat cara kami mengiranya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.

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