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Daddy long-legs spider

Pholcus phalangioides
Malunga negama: Its common name 'daddy long-legs' refers to its very long legs.1
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Izigcawu UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The daddy long-legs spider is a small spider with very long, thin legs. It lives indoors in quiet, dim corners of homes, cellars and garages, and it is found in most temperate countries on every continent. It is valued because it hunts other spiders, including the dangerous redback spider.1

Sihlala
Most temperate countries on every continent, spread worldwide by humans. Recent authorities say it is native only to Asia.1
IYurophu, IAsiya
Ekhaya
It prefers warm, dimly lit, dark and quiet places, so it is most often found in the corners of buildings, people's homes and attics, and on ceilings in rooms, garages and cellars. Outdoors, it lives in caves and between rock crevices.1
Ubude
7 cm (2,8 in)3
ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo besilwanyana esikhulileyo
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-1,3 km/h (0,81 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats insects, other spiders and small invertebrates. Unlike many spiders that wait for prey to blunder into their webs, it often leaves its web to hunt spiders and their eggs. When prey is scarce, both males and females will eat each other.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Daddy long-legs spider
Daddy long-legs spider. Ifoto: Olei. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Small body, about 6 to 10 mm long in males and 7 to 8 mm on average in females, not counting the legs.1
  • Eight very long, thin legs covered in fine grey bristles. The legs are about 5 to 6 times the length of the body.1
  • Translucent grey or pale brown body, with a dark spot on the back of the front body part and dark, blurred spots on the top of the rear body part.1
  • Eight eyes: a pair of small dark eyes at the front, followed by three rows of pairs of larger eyes.1
  • Loose, horizontal webs with many irregularities, often tangled with the webs of other spiders.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often called 'daddy long-legs', a name also used for crane flies and harvestmen. Crane flies are insects, and harvestmen belong to a different group of arachnids (the order Opiliones), so they are not spiders.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 is used to subdue prey, and it can bite. According to researchers, its venom has negligible effects on humans and other mammals. A bite causes a mild stinging sensation with no long-term health effects.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

It is considered harmless to humans. Bites are hardly ever reported, and a bite causes only mild stinging.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When it senses danger, it swings its body round in a circle repeatedly while its legs stay fixed on the web, a movement called whirling.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.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

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.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrikaIAsiyaIYurophuuMntla MelikauMzantsi MelikaIOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Daddy long-legs spider malunga ne-7 cm ubude (2,8 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-2 zilandelelanasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-280 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Daddy long-legs spider mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

It hunts redback spiders, which are among the most venomous spiders in the world.1

2

It fakes the vibrations of a trapped insect in its web, then waits on its long legs until the prey touches one of them before attacking.1

3

Its whirling defence can last several hours or even days when it is threatened by jumping spiders.1

4

Its silk has been reported to have potential medicinal uses.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Daddy long-legs spiders cannot bite humans because their fangs cannot get through human skin.

Inyaniso: Their fangs are about 0.25 mm long, and human skin is about 0.1 mm thick, so they can bite. Bites are very rarely reported, and they cause only mild stinging.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Pholcus phalangioides
Iqela
Izigcawu
Usapho
Pholcidae2
Ucwangco
Araneae
Amazwekazi
IYurophu, IAsiya
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Pholcus phalangioides (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pholcus phalangioides (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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