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Mediterranean false widow

Steatoda paykulliana
Davart il num: The species is named after the Swedish naturalist Gustaf von Paykull (1757–1826), and 'false widow' refers to its resemblance to black widow spiders.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Filiens Morsas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The Mediterranean false widow is a spider that looks a lot like the black widow. It lives across southern Europe, the Mediterranean region and parts of western Asia. Its bite is much milder than a true black widow's, and it is usually compared to a wasp sting.1

Viva en
Mediterranean countries, Southern Europe and Western Asia; widespread across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, also reported in Britain and the Netherlands1
Europa, Asia, Africa
Pagina iniziala
It spins tangled three-dimensional webs, usually on sloping ground covered with vegetation.1
Lunghezza
8 mm fin 1,2 cm (0,3 in fin 0,5 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Mediterranean false widow
Mediterranean false widow. Foto: Bernard DUPONT. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Shiny black, globular abdomen (rear body part)1
  • Two separate, non-overlapping stripes on the top and sides of the abdomen1
  • Stripes are ivory-yellow on young females and orange-red on mature females1
  • Females are 8 mm to 12 mm long, with the larger size when pregnant1
  • Males are about half the size of females, with less prominent markings1

Savens confundì cun: It resembles the true black widow, but the true black widow has markings on both the top and the underside of the abdomen. This species has only two stripes on the top and sides, which do not overlap.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is much less potent than that of true black widows. Its effect on humans is minor, similar to a wasp sting.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

Its bite is considered minor for humans, similar to a wasp sting.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

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Mediterranean false widow circa 1,2 cm lung (0,5 in)In graun da ris circa 7 mm (0,3 in)Ina munaida d'1 euro circa 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
uschè pitschen ch'el po seser sin tia ungla

Quant grond è Mediterranean false widow cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

The stripes on this spider change colour as it matures, from ivory-yellow in young females to orange-red in adults.1

2

The male is only about half the size of the female.1

3

Its abdomen is shaped like a globe and has a shiny black surface.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is as dangerous to people as a true black widow spider.

Vardad: Its venom is much less potent than the true black widow's, and its effect on humans is minor, similar to a wasp sting.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Steatoda paykulliana
Gruppa
Filiens
Famiglia
Theridiidae2
Urden
Araneae
Continents
Europa, Asia, Africa
Poppins
The female wraps her eggs in a cocoon. In countries of former Yugoslavia, the spiderlings hatch at the end of summer, hibernate over winter and reach adulthood at the start of the next summer.1
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Steatoda paykulliana (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Steatoda paykulliana (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. 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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