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Green lynx spider

Peucetia viridans

Kuhusu jina: Its name 'lynx' refers to the cat-like way it pounces on prey. The species name viridans is Latin for 'becoming green'.1

Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.

Buibui

KuumwaHula: Nyama

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The green lynx spider is a bright green spider that hunts on plants instead of catching prey in a web. It is common in the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and parts of the West Indies. Its bite is painful but not deadly to people.1

Anaishi

Southern United States, California, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies (especially Jamaica) and Venezuela1

Amerika Kaskazini

Nyumbani

It is usually found on green plants and is active during the day. It is common in cotton fields and other crop areas.1

Urefu

1.2 cm hadi 2.2 cm (0.5 in hadi 0.9 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 1.2 kwa saa (maili 0.75 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

It is a hunter that does not use a web. It pounces on prey in a cat-like manner. It eats moths and their larvae, including several important crop pests, but also eats beneficial insects such as honey bees.1

Picha ya Green lynx spider — Green lynx spider. Picha: Cricket Raspet. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Bright green body, which may turn paler yellow late in the season, sometimes with reddish streaks1
Often a red patch between the eyes, with a few red spots on the body1
About six chevron-like marks on the upper surface of the abdomen, with the points facing forward1
Legs green to yellow, with long black spines and a scattering of black spots1
Females are larger than males; the male is more slender1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Peucetia longipalpis, the other Peucetia species found in the United States, is very similar. It has a shorter, fatter, more domed abdomen, and its markings on the upper surface are less pronounced.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Its bite is venomous and painful, but not deadly. In one case the swelling around the bite was 25 mm across and lasted two days. In another case, the swelling was 10 to 20 cm across.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The green lynx spider very seldom bites humans. Its bite is painful but is not deadly.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

A female guarding her eggs hangs upside down from the egg sac and attacks anything that comes near, and she can squirt venom from her fangs up to about 30 cm.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

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasiangeweza kukimbia mita 100 kwa sekunde 300 (binadamu mwenye kasi zaidi anahitaji 9.6)

Green lynx spider ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

Green lynx spider takriban km 1.2 kwa saa (0.75 mph)

Mtu anayetembea takriban km 5 kwa saa (3.1 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

A female can squirt venom from her fangs for a distance of about 30 cm to defend her eggs.1

A pregnant female can change her colour to match her background, a process that takes about 16 days.1

The green lynx spider is studied for its use in farming, especially pest control in cotton fields.1

Late in the season, the spider can change from green to a paler yellow.1

Its young pass through eight stages of growth, called instars, before reaching adulthood.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: The green lynx spider is a deadly spider that often bites people.

Ukweli: It very seldom bites humans, and its bite, though painful, is not deadly.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Peucetia viridans
Kundi: Buibui
Familia: Oxyopidae2
Mpangilio: Araneae
Mabara: Amerika Kaskazini
Watoto: The female makes one to five egg sacs in September and October, each holding 25 to 600 bright orange eggs. The spiderlings emerge about four weeks later.1
Hatari kwa watu: 1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Peucetia viridans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Peucetia viridans (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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