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West coast button spider

Latrodectus indistinctus
Inoda chirembaHaiwanzouraya, asi kurumwa kunoda chiremba.
Madandemutande InorumaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

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

Inogara mu
Namibia and South Africa, including the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
Afrika
Kumba
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
Kureba
1,6 cm (0,6 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
Its prey includes insects and other arthropods. Egg sacs are usually hung in bush vegetation, where prey is available nearby.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waWest coast button spider
West coast button spider. Mufananidzo: Wessel Pretorius. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: YakakombaKurumwa kunoda chiremba. Kufa hakuwanzoitiki zvachose.

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

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

Kana ikaruma

  • Geza parumwa woisa pakiti yechando kuderedza marwadzo. Wana rubatsiro rwechiremba kana marwadzo akanyanya, achipararira kana munhu asinganzwi zvakanaka.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

West coast button spider kunenge 1,6 cm kureba (0,6 in)Tsanga yemupunga kunenge 7 mm (0,3 in)Mari yesimbi ye1 euro kunenge 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ipfupi kupfuura munwe wako mudiki

West coast button spider yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

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

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Latrodectus indistinctus
Boka
Madandemutande
Mhuri
Theridiidae2
Odha
Araneae
Makondinendi
Afrika
Vacheche
Eggs are kept in egg sacs hung in bush vegetation. Females will occasionally attack to defend their eggs.1
Iri kurarama sei musango
Least Concern1
Ngozi kuvanhu
3 / 5: Yakakomba3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Latrodectus indistinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus indistinctus (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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