Black house spider
The black house spider is a dark, sturdy spider that lives across Australia. It was carried to New Zealand and Japan, and it often lives in homes, where it sits in a messy web in corners and near windows. It is venomous, but its bite is rarely a serious danger to people.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- A dark, robust spider. Females have a body up to 18 mm long and a leg span of 30 mm.1
- Males are smaller, about 10 mm long, with longer legs in proportion to their body.1
- The body and legs are dark brown to black. The abdomen (rear part) is charcoal grey, with light markings that are sometimes faint, and it is covered in fine, velvety hair.1
- The web looks messy, with irregular sail-like sheets of silk and a funnel-shaped retreat, usually in the middle or corner of the web.1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: The grey house spider (Badumna longinqua) is similar and has a similar range. It is slightly smaller, at about 14 mm, has a greyish top section (carapace) and black-brown legs. It is more often found outdoors.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.
Sumu yake hufanya nini?
The bite is venomous. It may be excruciatingly painful and cause local swelling. Nausea, vomiting, sweating and dizziness are occasionally recorded. In a few cases, skin lesions (arachnogenic necrosis, damage to the skin and tissue) have developed after several bites.1
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.Black house spiders are venomous but are not considered dangerous. They are timid, and bites from them are infrequent.1
Akiuma
- Osha jeraha na uweke barafu kupunguza maumivu. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu kama maumivu ni makali, yanasambaa au mtu anajisikia vibaya.
Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza
Kaa salama
- Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
- Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
- Akikuuma: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.
Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama
Ana ukubwa gani?
Ana urefu gani?
mfupi kuliko kidole chako kidogoBlack house spider ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
A male plucks the female's web to attract her attention before he approaches to mate. They may stay together for several days and mate several times.1
The spider rarely moves its web, so old webs become messy, with dust and small objects stuck in them.1
At night, the spider repairs and adds to its web, often by laying new silk over the old.1
The female almost never leaves her web unless she is forced to.1
Predators include the white-tailed spider, as well as parasitic wasps and flies.1
Kuvunja dhana potofu
Dhana potofu: Black house spiders are dangerous spiders.
Ukweli: They are venomous, but they are not considered dangerous. They are timid, and their bites are infrequent.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Badumna insignis
- Kundi
- Buibui
- Familia
- Desidae2
- Mpangilio
- Araneae
- Mabara
- Australia na Oceania
- Watoto
- The female builds several white silk egg sacs inside the web retreat and stays with the eggs until they hatch. The young may leave or stay in the mother's web for some time.1
- Hatari kwa watu
- 2 / 5: Inauma3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Black house spider (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Badumna insignis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
- Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.
Kila ukweli kwenye ukurasa huu una namba inayoonyesha chanzo chake. Kama tumekosea kitu, samahani, sisi ni wapenzi wa wanyama, si jarida la kisayansi. Tuambie kupitia [email protected] nasi tutarekebisha.
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