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Brown widow

Latrodectus geometricus
Ci turam: The name comes from the geometric pattern on the top of its abdomen (its rear body section).1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Jargoñ Dafay màtt
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The brown widow is a spider in the widow family, a close cousin of the black widow. It lives in many parts of the world, often around houses and buildings. Its bite is painful but usually not dangerous.1

Dafay dund ci
Originally Africa; now found across the Americas, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Poland and the Middle East1
Afrig
Kër
It builds untidy three-dimensional webs in dark corners, in vegetation and around buildings. It is commonly found around houses, and in tropical areas it is usually found around buildings. It also lives in crops such as avocado, citrus, cotton, maize, vineyards and pistachio.1
Guddaay
3,5 cm (1,4 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Brown widow
Brown widow. Foto: Jesse Rorabaugh. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Black and white geometric pattern on the top of the abdomen1
  • Usually a bright orange or yellowish hourglass marking on the underside of the abdomen1
  • Body colour ranges from tan and dark brown to black, with shades of grey also possible1
  • Stripes on the legs1
  • Egg sacs are spiky, like a sandspur, and sometimes described as tufted, fluffy or spiky1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: The black widow is slightly larger and darker, and has a red hourglass on the underside. The brown widow is lighter, has an orange or yellow hourglass, and has a black and white pattern on top of the abdomen that the black widow does not have. In southern Africa, the brown widow's relative L. rhodesiensis, native to Zimbabwe, is also called a brown button spider.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Like all widow spiders, the brown widow has a neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. It causes latrodectism, a set of very unpleasant symptoms. The effects are usually confined to the bite area and the tissue around it.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

Brown widow bites are usually not very dangerous, and are much less dangerous than black widow bites. The spider cannot deliver as much venom as a black widow, so its bites are considered minor. They are painful.1

Su màttee

  • Raxas fa mu màtt te teg ci mbuusu galaas ngir metit wi. Wutal ndimbal doktoor su metit wi dëgëree, mu law, walla yaramu nit ki baaxul.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Brown widow guddaayam lu tollu ci 3,5 cm (1,4 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na lu tollu ci trombone

Brown widow ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

In Southern California, researchers suggest the brown widow may be pushing black widows out of the area by competing and fighting for territory.1

2

Its egg sacs are so spiky that they are easy to tell apart from those of most other spiders.1

3

A female can make up to 20 egg sacs over her lifetime, with 120 to 150 eggs in each.1

4

Brown widows are preyed upon by wasps, including blue mud-dauber wasps and digger wasps.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The brown widow is as dangerous as the black widow.

Dëgg: Brown widow bites are usually not very dangerous and are much less dangerous than black widow bites.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Latrodectus geometricus
Mbooloo
Jargoñ
Njaboot
Theridiidae2
Toftal
Araneae
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
Eggs hatch in about 20 days. Each female lays about 120 to 150 eggs per sac and can make up to 20 sacs in her lifetime.1
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Least Concern (South African National Biodiversity Institute)1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Latrodectus geometricus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus geometricus (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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