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West coast button spider

Latrodectus indistinctus
E hloka ngakaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho longwa ho hloka ngaka.
Dikgo Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E phela
Namibia and South Africa, including the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
Afrika
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
1,6 cm (0,6 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
Its prey includes insects and other arthropods. Egg sacs are usually hung in bush vegetation, where prey is available nearby.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya West coast button spider
West coast button spider. Foto: Wessel Pretorius. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

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?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo longwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

West coast button spider bolelele ba e ka bang 1,6 cm (0,6 in)Thollo ya raese e ka bang 7 mm (0,3 in)Tjhelete ya tshepe ya euro e le nngwe e ka bang 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
e kgutshwane ho feta monwana wa hao o monyenyane

West coast button spider 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?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Latrodectus indistinctus
Sehlopha
Dikgo
Lelapa
Theridiidae2
Tatelano
Araneae
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
Eggs are kept in egg sacs hung in bush vegetation. Females will occasionally attack to defend their eggs.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least Concern1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Latrodectus indistinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus indistinctus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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