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Ikhathuni ka-Brazilian brown spider
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Brazilian brown spider

Loxosceles intermedia
Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.
Izigcawu UkulumaSitya: Izinambuzane
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

The Brazilian brown recluse spider is a small spider that is highly venomous. It lives in parts of Brazil and Argentina, and it is one of the species linked to deaths from spider bites in South America. Its bite can seem mild at first, so it matters to know what it looks like.1

Sihlala
Brazil and Argentina: southeastern and southern Brazil, and northern Argentina1
uMzantsi Melika
Ekhaya
It lives in dark, very dry cracks in warm regions below 500 m, and is often found under fallen tree trunks and debris. It is also common around or inside houses, where it has been found in socks, clothes, blankets, wardrobes and garages.1
Ubude
5,3 mm ukuya ku-8,5 mm (0,2 in ukuya ku-0,3 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats insects such as cockroaches, crickets and beetles. It has also been reported to attack other arthropods, such as scorpions.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Brazilian brown spider
Brazilian brown spider. Ifoto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Carapace (the front body shield) is dull yellow to orange-brown, with a dark, U-shaped marking on the head area that contrasts with the yellowish thorax.1
  • Legs are orange-brown to reddish-brown.1
  • Abdomen is grey or blackened, and darker on top than underneath.1
  • Small spider: the female is about 8.5 mm long, and the male is smaller.1
  • Active at night and very shy, usually found in dark places.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Its venom contains a high concentration of the enzyme sphingomyelinase D, which causes both local and whole-body effects. Symptoms usually take hours to appear. The bite starts with severe pain, redness, swelling and blisters, and in more severe cases the skin tissue can die. Whole-body effects can include damage to red blood cells, heart problems, low blood pressure, kidney failure and severe bleeding.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

It is one of the main species linked to deaths from spider bites in South America. Whole-body effects occur frequently after its bite. Because symptoms are delayed, a victim may think the bite was mild.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is a very shy spider that keeps to dark places, so it is rarely seen.1

Ukuba siyaluma

  • Hlamba indawo elunyiweyo uze ubeke ipakethi yomkhenkce kuyo ngenxa yeentlungu. Fumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba iintlungu zinamandla, ziyasasazeka okanye umntu uziva engaphilanga kakuhle.

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Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Brazilian brown spider malunga ne-8,5 mm ubude (0,3 in)Uhlamvu lwerayisi malunga ne-7 mm (0,3 in)Ingqekembe ye-euro enye malunga ne-2,3 cm (0,9 in)
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U-Brazilian brown spider mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

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Iinyaniso

1

The minimum dose that causes skin tissue death is 2.4 μg per kg of body weight.1

2

An average bite injects about 40 μg of venom proteins.1

3

It produces about 5.6 mg of venom, and the male produces less, around 2.43 mg.1

4

Males have much longer legs than females, although the female has the larger body.1

5

Its webs are irregular and built under fallen tree trunks and debris, usually in dark places.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Loxosceles intermedia
Iqela
Izigcawu
Usapho
Sicariidae2
Ucwangco
Araneae
Amazwekazi
uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana
The female breeds in the hottest months of the year, laying about 20 eggs in a bag-shaped web, and the young take 46 days to hatch.1
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Loxosceles intermedia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Loxosceles intermedia (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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