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Igishushanyo cya West coast button spider
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West coast button spider

Latrodectus indistinctus
Bisaba mugangaNi gake yica, ariko kurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga.
Ibitagangurirwa IrarumaIrya: Inyama
Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Iba muri
Namibia and South Africa, including the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
Afurika
Ahabanza
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
Uburebure
1,6 cm (0,6 in)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)
Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
Its prey includes insects and other arthropods. Egg sacs are usually hung in bush vegetation, where prey is available nearby.1
Koko!Ifoto ya West coast button spider
West coast button spider. Ifoto: Wessel Pretorius. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • 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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IkomeyeKurumwa na yo bisaba kujya kwa muganga. Abapfa ni bake cyane.

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

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When it feels threatened, it drops to the ground and plays dead.1

Niba iruma

  • Oza aho yarumye kandi uhashyire agapaki k'urubura kubera ububabare. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga niba ububabare bukabije, bukwirakwira cyangwa umuntu yumva atameze neza.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

  • Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
  • Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
  • Niba imwe ikurumye: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

West coast button spider ireshya hafi 1,6 cm (0,6 in)Impeke y'umuceri hafi 7 mm (0,3 in)Igiceri cy'ayero 1 hafi 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ngufi kurusha agahera kawe

West coast button spider ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

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

2

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

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Latrodectus indistinctus
Itsinda
Ibitagangurirwa
Umuryango
Theridiidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Araneae
Imigabane
Afurika
Abana bato
Eggs are kept in egg sacs hung in bush vegetation. Females will occasionally attack to defend their eggs.1
Uko imeze mu gasozi
Least Concern1
Akaga ku bantu
3 / 5: Ikomeye3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Latrodectus indistinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus indistinctus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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