Dancing white lady spider
The dancing white lady spider is a huntsman spider that lives in the sand dunes of the Namib Desert in Namibia. It hides in burrows during the hot day and comes out at night, when it can tap on the sand to send messages to other spiders.1

Jinsi ya kumtambua
- Creamy white in colour1
- Body length up to 32 mm1
- Males have leg spans up to 14 cm and are lighter in weight than females1
- In males, 5 to 8 legs have a median tibia dorsal spine, a small spine on the leg; in females it is seen on no more than 4 legs and is rarely present1
- Active at night only, wandering over the sand1
Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is often mistaken for the wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava), which has a similar name and lives in the same area. They are different species.1
Nguvu ya sumu
Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.
Ana hatari gani kwa watu?
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.
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?
karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasi
angeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 210 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)Dancing white lady spider ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?
Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.
Ana kasi gani?
Ukweli
The spiders communicate by tapping their front legs on the sand. This seismic signalling is called drumming.1
Males may be attacked and killed by females if their drumming signal is too much like that of prey.1
Males can travel more than 50 metres in one night while searching for a mate.1
Each spider has eight eyes arranged to give a full panoramic view of its surroundings, which is unusual for spiders at night.1
Burrows can be up to 40 cm long and 25 cm deep, and their shape keeps them cooler than the surface.1
Females live about 6 months, while males live only 1 to 2 months.1
Kuvunja dhana potofu
Dhana potofu: It is the same spider as the wheel spider
Ukweli: It is often confused with the wheel spider, but they are different species, even though they live in the same place.1
Kwa wataalamu wa sumu
- Jina la kisayansi
- Leucorchestris arenicola
- Kundi
- Buibui
- Familia
- Sparassidae2
- Mpangilio
- Araneae
- Mabara
- Afrika
- Watoto
- The female lays egg clutches of about 76 eggs on average, hidden in a cocoon about 12 cm deep in the burrow. The eggs have an incubation period of 15 days.1
- Muda wa maisha
- takriban miaka 0.51
- Hatari kwa watu
- 1 / 5: Hafifu3
Ukweli unatoka wapi
- Leucorchestris arenicola (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Leucorchestris arenicola (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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