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Dancing white lady spider

Leucorchestris arenicola
AsinangoziAsinangozi ebantwini. Akukho nto yokukhathazeka ngayo.
Izigcawu UkulumaSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KuthambileNjengokuhlatywa yinyosi okanye ngaphantsi. Phantse asinangozi ebantwini.

The dancing white lady spider is a huntsman spider that lives in the sand dunes of the Namib Desert in Namibia. It hides in burrows during the hot day and comes out at night, when it can tap on the sand to send messages to other spiders.1

Sihlala
Namib Desert, Namibia1
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Ekhaya
Bare sand dunes in the Namib Desert. Each spider lives in a silk-lined burrow dug into the sand, with a territory of about a 3 metre radius around it. It stays in the burrow by day to avoid the heat of the sun.1
Ubude
3,2 cm (1,3 in)1
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-1,7 km/h (1,1 mph)
Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
It eats a wide range of insects, arachnids and reptiles, mostly nocturnal prey such as beetles, moths and weevils. It uses a sit-and-wait strategy, staying in its territory until prey arrives. Larger males sometimes eat other spiders.1
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Dancing white lady spider
Dancing white lady spider. Ifoto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • Creamy white in colour1
  • Body length up to 32 mm1
  • Males have leg spans up to 14 cm and are lighter in weight than females1
  • In males, 5 to 8 legs have a median tibia dorsal spine, a small spine on the leg; in females it is seen on no more than 4 legs and is rarely present1
  • Active at night only, wandering over the sand1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It is often mistaken for the wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava), which has a similar name and lives in the same area. They are different species.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

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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.
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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Dancing white lady spider malunga ne-3,2 cm ubude (1,3 in)Isiqhobosho sephepha malunga ne-3 cm (1,2 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)
malunga nobude besiqhobosho sephephasingagqiba iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana eyi-210 (owona mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)

U-Dancing white lady spider mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

1

The spiders communicate by tapping their front legs on the sand. This seismic signalling is called drumming.1

2

Males may be attacked and killed by females if their drumming signal is too much like that of prey.1

3

Males can travel more than 50 metres in one night while searching for a mate.1

4

Each spider has eight eyes arranged to give a full panoramic view of its surroundings, which is unusual for spiders at night.1

5

Burrows can be up to 40 cm long and 25 cm deep, and their shape keeps them cooler than the surface.1

6

Females live about 6 months, while males live only 1 to 2 months.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is the same spider as the wheel spider

Inyaniso: It is often confused with the wheel spider, but they are different species, even though they live in the same place.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Leucorchestris arenicola
Iqela
Izigcawu
Usapho
Sparassidae2
Ucwangco
Araneae
Amazwekazi
IAfrika
Iintsana
The female lays egg clutches of about 76 eggs on average, hidden in a cocoon about 12 cm deep in the burrow. The eggs have an incubation period of 15 days.1
Ixesha lobomi
malunga neminyaka eyi-0,51
Ingozi ebantwini
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  1. Leucorchestris arenicola (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Leucorchestris arenicola (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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