Negev widow
The Negev widow is a venomous spider that lives in the hot, dry deserts of the Negev and the Arava valley. It builds large webs in bushes and brush, where it hunts insects at night. Its bite can cause latrodectism, the illness caused by widow spider venom.1

Co renconuscher el
- Females are very dark brown. Pregnant females are light brown with a pale golden hue.1
- Males are brown with a patterned abdomen in various shades of brown, and may have grey-white spots and stripes on the abdomen.1
- Females measure 9 to 19 mm long. Males measure 3 to 7 mm long.1
- The web has a funnel of tightly woven silk near the top of the bush, often decorated with debris such as bits of plant, sand, rocks and snail shells.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.
Tge fa ses tissi?
Its venom is the widow type and can cause latrodectism, which is the illness caused by bites from widow spiders. It has been reported that its venom is about as potent as that of Latrodectus tredecimguttatus.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?
During the day it hides from sight under the densely silk-lined nest area of its web, and it is mainly active at night.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?
pli curt che tes det pitschenQuant grond è Negev widow cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
After mating, the male may escape being eaten by living in the nest with the female for a time, but in other cases the female eats him.1
Its web has separate areas for nesting and for catching prey, and it also helps keep the spider cool by providing shade in summer.1
Its webs often include a funnel of silk decorated with debris, which may help hide the spider from predators such as birds flying overhead.1
The web's silk carries pheromones that help males find female nests.1
Its colour darkens after each moult, so the spider becomes darker as it grows older.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Latrodectus revivensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Latrodectus revivensis (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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