Chaco widow
MorsasThe Chaco widow is a small black spider with red markings on its belly. It lives in parts of South America and Panama, including farmland, and it can also be found indoors. It belongs to the widow spider group, which is known for venom.1

Co renconuscher el
- About 12 mm (1.2 cm) long, and mainly black.1
- Large red markings on the upper side of the abdomen, shown by both males and females.1
- A red, square-like ring under the abdomen.1
- The egg-sac is made of fragile silk with pompom-like tufts.1
Savens confundì cun: Both males and females may have a square marking under the abdomen with a black circle in the centre. Not having this black circle does not help tell the species apart.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.It is not aggressive, like most species of Latrodectus. It is most active from December to March, which is summer in the Southern Hemisphere.1
Sch'el morda
- Lava la morsa e metta in pachet da glatsch sin ella cunter las dolurs. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche las dolurs èn fermas, sa derasan u sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
uschè pitschen ch'el po seser sin tia unglaQuant grond è Chaco widow cumpareglià cun TAI?
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Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
Its egg-sac is made of fragile silk decorated with pompom-like tufts.1
Its red square-like ring under the abdomen is one of its key features for identification.1
It is not aggressive, like most species in its genus, Latrodectus.1
It is found both indoors and outdoors, and is commonly seen in agricultural fields.1
It is most active from December to March, which is summer in the Southern Hemisphere.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Latrodectus corallinus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Latrodectus corallinus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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