Tarantula wolf spider
Lycosa tarantula is a large wolf spider that lives mainly in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy. It was once called the tarantula, and it gives that name to a famous old folk dance. It hunts at night and tends to keep away from people.1

Ni ngay ko xàmmee
- A large wolf spider. Females can have a body length of up to 3 cm, and males are smaller, at around 1.9 cm.1
- Mostly active at night.1
- Usually found lurking at the mouths of its burrows.1
- Runs very fast and keeps moving, so it is hard to catch.1
Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It is often called a tarantula, but in English that name now more commonly refers to spiders in the Theraphosidae family. This spider is a wolf spider, in the Lycosidae family.1
Kàttanu daŋar
Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.
Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?
Its venom is made mostly of neurotoxins, which act on the nerves, and venom proteins. The venom is not known to be harmful to people. It has been observed to harm some small vertebrates, so careful handling matters.1
Ni mu lore nit ñi?
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.Its bite is not known to cause severe symptoms in humans, and it is not known to endanger human life. Wolf spiders are not among the spider families recognised as posing a serious health risk to people.1
Lan lay def bu tiitee?
When cornered, it does not make threat displays or advance on a hand to bite. Its usual response to a large animal is to flee.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?
guddu na lu tollu ci trombone
mën na daw 100 meetar ci 280 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)Tarantula wolf spider ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?
Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.
Ni mu gaawe?
Xibaar
Many mating encounters, about one-third in one study, end with the female eating the male.1
The folk dance called the tarantella is linked to an old belief about this spider's bite.1
Females spend their whole lives in their burrows, apart from night-time trips to hunt.1
Wolf spiders have quite good eyesight, so a person is unlikely to approach one unseen.1
Mature males leave their burrows and wander about looking for mates.1
Tasukatu léeb
Xalaat bu juum: A bite from this spider can cause severe illness called tarantism, which must be treated by dancing.
Dëgg: This was a traditional superstition in Apulia. The bites are not known to cause severe symptoms in humans or to endanger life.1
Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar
- Turu xam-xam
- Lycosa tarantula
- Mbooloo
- Jargoñ
- Njaboot
- Lycosidae2
- Toftal
- Araneae
- Kontinaa yi
- Tugal
- Liir yi
- Females carry a silken sac with over 100 eggs attached to their spinnerets. After hatching, the spiderlings climb onto their mother's abdomen and ride around with her until they are mature enough to survive on their own.1
- Diiru dund
- lu tollu ci 4 at1
- Musiba ci nit
- 2 / 5: Dafay metti3
Fa xibaar yi jóge
- Lycosa tarantula (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lycosa tarantula (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
- 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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