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Karoo button spider

Latrodectus karrooensis

E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.

Go lomaE ja: Nama

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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

E tshela kwa

South Africa only, in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1

Aforika

Gae

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

Boleele

3 cm (1,2 in)3

bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng jwa e e godileng

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

It is a spider that catches prey in its web.1

Setshwantsho sa Karoo button spider — Karoo button spider. Setshwantsho: Cecile Roux. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

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

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: 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

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

Its bite causes latrodectism, which brings very unpleasant symptoms in humans.1

Fa e loma

Tlhatswa fa go lomilweng mme o tsenye pakana ya aese mo go gone go fokotsa botlhoko. Batla thuso ya bongaka fa botlhoko bo le bogolo, bo anama kgotsa motho a ikutlwa a sa siama.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
Fa e nngwe e go loma: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

Aforika Asia Yuropa Amerika Bokone Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

e ka nna boleele jo bo lekanang le jwa kelipi ya pampiri

Karoo button spider e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

Khudu e ka nna 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Karoo button spider e ka nna 0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)

Motho yo o tsamayang e ka nna 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

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

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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Latrodectus karrooensis
Setlhopha: Digokgo
Lelapa: Theridiidae2
Lekoko: Araneae
Dikontinente: Aforika
Seemo sa yone kwa nageng: Least Concern1
Kotsi go batho: 2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Latrodectus karrooensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Latrodectus karrooensis (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
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