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Karoo button spider

Latrodectus karrooensis
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Buibui KuumwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The Karoo button spider is a venomous spider that lives only in South Africa. It belongs to the same group as the black widow spiders. Its bite causes very unpleasant symptoms, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit its range.1

Anaishi
South Africa only, in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
Afrika
Nyumbani
It lives in dark corners in a variety of small habitats, where it builds its three-dimensional webs. It has been found at altitudes from 648 to 1358 metres above sea level, in the Fynbos and Nama Karoo biomes.1
Urefu
3 cm (1.2 in)3
ukubwa wa kawaida wa mnyama mzima
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.86 kwa saa (maili 0.53 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
It is a spider that catches prey in its web.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Karoo button spider
Karoo button spider. Picha: Cecile Roux. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • It builds a three-dimensional web suspended in mid-air.1
  • The web has loose, interconnected threads that lead to a tightly woven retreat.1
  • Its retreat is inverted and cup-shaped, with pebbles built into the dome.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Four of the six Latrodectus species found in southern Africa are known as black button or black widow spiders, so common names alone cannot tell them apart. Its distinctive web and pebble-domed retreat help to recognise this species.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kuumwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia meno yake ya sumu au meno anapouma.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

Like all Latrodectus species, it has a neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. The venom acts on nerve endings and causes latrodectism, a condition with very unpleasant symptoms.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Its bite causes latrodectism, which brings very unpleasant symptoms in humans.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?

Karoo button spider urefu wa takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasi

Karoo button spider ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Its retreat has pebbles built into the dome, which makes it easy to recognise.1

2

It is one of six Latrodectus species found in southern Africa.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Latrodectus karrooensis
Kundi
Buibui
Familia
Theridiidae2
Mpangilio
Araneae
Mabara
Afrika
Hali yake porini
Least Concern1
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Latrodectus karrooensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus karrooensis (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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