Katipo
The katipō is a cobweb spider found only in New Zealand, where it lives in coastal sand dunes. It is closely related to the Australian redback spider. Its bite is venomous to people, but bites are rare.1

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- Adult females have a body length of 8–10 mm (about 0.3–0.4 in).1
- The red katipō, found in the South Island and lower North Island, has a large black, shiny abdomen with a white-bordered orange or red stripe on top, and a red hourglass-shaped marking underneath.1
- The black katipō, found in the upper North Island, has no upper red or orange stripe and is somewhat lighter in colour.1
- Males are 4–5 mm long, white with black stripes and red hourglass-shaped markings.1
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Steatoda species, which share the same habitat, are very similar and are called "false katipō" in New Zealand. The katipō has a less shiny, more tapered abdomen, and its side eyes are further apart. It is also similar to the redback, but the katipō has only short hair-like spines on its abdomen, while the redback has a mix of long and short ones.1
Maatla a botlhole
Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.
Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?
The bite can cause latrodectism, a toxic syndrome that affects the nerves and body. Symptoms include extreme pain and, potentially, high blood pressure (hypertension) or seizures.1
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E masisiGo lomiwa ke yone go tlhoka ngaka. Go swa go seoka thata.Katipō are venomous to humans, but bites are described as rare. Serious symptoms are possible, including extreme pain, high blood pressure and seizures.1
Dikgang tse di molemo: dingaka di na le molemo (antivenom) kgotsa kalafi ya se.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?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
e nnye mo e ka nnang mo lenaleng la gagoKatipo 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?
Dintlha
In one 24-hour study of young spiders, 28% left the web by ballooning, carried by air currents.1
Katipō is one of the few Māori words that refers to a specific species of spider.1
The female does not usually eat the male after mating, unlike some other widow spiders.1
Females cover their egg sacs with silk and sand, which partly hides them in the web.1
The katipō is found only in New Zealand.1
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: The katipō is just a form of the redback spider.
Nnete: The katipō is genetically and physically distinct from the redback, even though the two are closely related. It was once thought to be a subspecies of the redback.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Latrodectus katipo
- Setlhopha
- Digokgo
- Lelapa
- Theridiidae2
- Lekoko
- Araneae
- Dikontinente
- Australia le Oceania
- Masea
- The female lays five or six egg sacs in November or December, with about 70 to 90 eggs in each. The young hatch after 20–25 days and leave the egg sac in January and February.1
- Seemo sa yone kwa nageng
- In serious decline (New Zealand Threat Classification System)1
- Kotsi go batho
- 3 / 5: E masisi3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Katipō (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Latrodectus katipo (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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