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Karoo button spider

Latrodectus karrooensis
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Jargoñ Dafay màttDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

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

Dafay dund ci
South Africa only, in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
Afrig
Kër
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
Guddaay
3 cm (1,2 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It is a spider that catches prey in its web.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Karoo button spider
Karoo button spider. Foto: Cecile Roux. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

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

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Karoo button spider guddaayam lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 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

Karoo button spider 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

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Latrodectus karrooensis
Mbooloo
Jargoñ
Njaboot
Theridiidae2
Toftal
Araneae
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Least Concern1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Latrodectus karrooensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus karrooensis (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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