European purseweb spider
The European purseweb spider is a small, hidden spider that lives in the ground. It is found in mainland Europe, Great Britain and North Africa, and it is the only mygalomorph spider found in the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom. It is special because it builds a silk tube partly under the ground and catches insects that walk onto it.1

Kako jo prepoznaš
- Black or brownish in colour1
- Not particularly large: males are 7–9 mm and females are 10–15 mm long1
- Builds a silk tube that is partly underground, with the part above ground covered in leaves and other debris1
- Usually stays inside its web and does not leave except to mate1
- Young spiderlings are often very lightly coloured1
Pogosto zamenjujejo z: It looks much like Atypus piceus. Spiderlings of the European purseweb spider are often very lightly coloured, and its three-part posterior spinnerets do not have a light blot, which helps tell them apart.1
Moč strupa
Strup pride ven skozi strupnike ali zobe, ko ugrizne.
Kako nevarna je za ljudi?
Nevarnost za ljudi: BlagaKot čebelji pik ali manj. Za ljudi praktično neškodljiva.
Če ugrizne
- Ugriz umij in ohladi. Poišči zdravniško pomoč, če je bolečina močna ali se poškodovanec slabo počuti.
Vedno najprej pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911). To so splošna navodila za prvo pomoč, ne zdravniški nasvet. Osnove prve pomoči
Ostani varen
- Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
- Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
- Če te ugrizne: ostani miren, ne premikaj se, pokliči številko za klic v sili (112, 000, 911) ali hitro pojdi v bolnišnico. Zapomni si, kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaga.
Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti
Kako velika je?
Kako dolga je?
krajša od tvojega mezinca
zmore 100 metrov v 330 sekundah (najhitrejši človek potrebuje 9,6)Kakšne velikosti je European purseweb spider v primerjavi s TABO?
Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.
Kako hitra je?
Dejstva
Its fangs point straight down rather than crossing, as in other mygalomorph spiders.1
Autumn is its mating season. The male enters the female's burrow, where they live together until the male dies soon after mating.1
It is a mygalomorph spider, and it is the only mygalomorph spider found in the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom.1
It becomes sexually mature at about 4 years old.1
Razbijalec mitov
Mit: The European purseweb spider lives in Ireland.
Resnica: It was once listed for Ireland, based on a single silk tube found in 1896. This is now thought to be most likely from a plant nursery import, and the species is no longer recognised as living on the island.1
Za strokovnjake za strupe
Od kod so dejstva
- Atypus affinis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Atypus affinis (iNaturalist): imena in razvrstitev.
- Venom Wiki: stopnja nevarnosti, tipična velikost in ocena hitrosti so naše lastne. Poglej, kako jih določimo: Kako ocenjujemo nevarnost.
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