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West coast button spider

Latrodectus indistinctus

Dovra in mediDarar mortal, ma ina morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.

Filiens

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

The West Coast button spider is a small black spider that lives in Namibia and South Africa. It is one of the black button or black widow spiders, and its venom acts on the nerves. Knowing what it looks like helps people stay safe in its dry habitats.1

Viva en

Namibia and South Africa, including the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It builds three-dimensional webs in dark corners. Its nest is low down, at the base of small bushes, in tufts of grass or stubble, or among heaps of loose debris, often on the ground. Unlike L. geometricus, no nest has been recorded near a building. It has also been recorded from pistachio orchards.1

Lunghezza

1,6 cm (0,6 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

Its prey includes insects and other arthropods. Egg sacs are usually hung in bush vegetation, where prey is available nearby.1

Foto da West coast button spider — West coast button spider. Foto: Wessel Pretorius. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Females are 7 to 16 mm long and males are 2.5 to 5 mm long, so females are much larger.1
Most adults keep short red stripes radiating upward from the tip of the upper abdomen.1
It is not aggressive by nature.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?

This spider has neurotoxins called latrotoxins, which act on nerve endings. Within 15 minutes of a bite there is intense pain, a burning sensation and swelling. Intense muscle pain and cramps can develop about an hour later, along with anxiety, slurred speech, nausea, headache, sweating and fever.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna morsa sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

Rapid pulse, raised blood pressure, chest tightness and difficulty breathing are important warning signs. These are usually more dangerous for children and elderly people with heart or lung disease.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When it feels threatened, it drops to the ground and plays dead.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?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

pli curt che tes det pitschen

Quant grond è West coast button spider cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

West coast button spider circa 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

Females are much larger than males, at 7 to 16 mm compared with 2.5 to 5 mm.1

It has been found in desert, grassland and fynbos habitats.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Latrodectus indistinctus
Gruppa: Filiens
Famiglia: Theridiidae2
Urden: Araneae
Continents: Africa
Poppins: Eggs are kept in egg sacs hung in bush vegetation. Females will occasionally attack to defend their eggs.1
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira: Least Concern1
Privel per umans: 3 / 5: Grav3

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Latrodectus indistinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Latrodectus indistinctus (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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