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Brown widow

Latrodectus geometricus

Ka lebitso: The name comes from the geometric pattern on the top of its abdomen (its rear body section).1

E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.

Dikgo

Ho loma

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The brown widow is a spider in the widow family, a close cousin of the black widow. It lives in many parts of the world, often around houses and buildings. Its bite is painful but usually not dangerous.1

E phela

Originally Africa; now found across the Americas, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Poland and the Middle East1

Afrika

Lapeng

It builds untidy three-dimensional webs in dark corners, in vegetation and around buildings. It is commonly found around houses, and in tropical areas it is usually found around buildings. It also lives in crops such as avocado, citrus, cotton, maize, vineyards and pistachio.1

Bolelele

3,5 cm (1,4 in)3

boholo bo tlwaelehileng ba e hodileng

Lebelo le phahameng

e ka bang 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

Naheng, kakanyo feela

Foto ya Brown widow — Brown widow. Foto: Jesse Rorabaugh. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

Black and white geometric pattern on the top of the abdomen1
Usually a bright orange or yellowish hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen1
Body colour ranges from tan and dark brown to black, with shades of grey also possible1
Stripes on the legs1
Egg sacs are spiky, like a sandspur, and sometimes described as tufted, fluffy or spiky1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: The black widow is slightly larger and darker, and has a red hourglass on the underside. The brown widow is lighter, has an orange or yellow hourglass, and has a black and white pattern on top of the abdomen that the black widow does not have. In southern Africa, the brown widow's relative L. rhodesiensis, native to Zimbabwe, is also called a brown button spider.1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Like all widow spiders, the brown widow has a neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. It causes latrodectism, a set of very unpleasant symptoms. The effects are usually confined to the bite area and the tissue around it.1

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

Brown widow bites are usually not very dangerous, and are much less dangerous than black widow bites. The spider cannot deliver as much venom as a black widow, so its bites are considered minor. They are painful.1

Haeba e loma

Hlatswa moo e lomileng teng mme o bee pakete ya leqhwa hodima teng bakeng sa bohloko. Fumana thuso ya bongaka haeba bohloko bo le matla, bo phatlalla kapa motho a ikutlwa a kula.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
Haeba e nngwe e o loma: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

Afrika Asia Yuropa Amerika Leboya Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

e telele jwaloka klipi ya pampiri

Brown widow e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

Kgudu e ka bang 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Brown widow e ka bang 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

Motho ya tsamayang e ka bang 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

In Southern California, researchers suggest the brown widow may be pushing black widows out of the area by competing and fighting for territory.1

Its egg sacs are so spiky that they are easy to tell apart from those of most other spiders.1

A female can make up to 20 egg sacs over her lifetime, with 120 to 150 eggs in each.1

Brown widows are preyed upon by wasps, including blue mud-dauber wasps and digger wasps.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The brown widow is as dangerous as the black widow.

Nnete: Brown widow bites are usually not very dangerous and are much less dangerous than black widow bites.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense: Latrodectus geometricus
Sehlopha: Dikgo
Lelapa: Theridiidae2
Tatelano: Araneae
Dikontinente: Afrika
Masea: Eggs hatch in about 20 days. Each female lays about 120 to 150 eggs per sac and can make up to 20 sacs in her lifetime.1
Boemo ba yona naheng: Least Concern (South African National Biodiversity Institute)1
Kotsi ho batho: 2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Latrodectus geometricus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Latrodectus geometricus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
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