Eastern white-tailed spider
The Eastern white-tailed spider is a slender hunting spider from southern and eastern Australia. It has also spread to New Zealand. It does not spin a web. Instead, it roams, mostly at night, hunting other spiders.1

Indlela yokusiqaphela
- Slender, cigar-shaped body that is dark reddish to grey.1
- Dark orange-brown legs with bands.1
- Grey abdomen with two pairs of faint white spots.1
- Usually, but not always, a distinct white spot at the tip of the abdomen, just above the spinnerets.1
- Body length up to 18 mm, with a leg span of about 28 mm.1
Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Two common species, Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina, look very similar and are not easily told apart without a microscope. The name 'white-tail' is also applied to several other spider species that have a white mark at the end of the abdomen.1
Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba
Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.
Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?
Their venom is used to subdue prey. In people, a bite usually causes a small red or discoloured bump, with pain, local swelling and itchiness. Rarely, it causes nausea, vomiting, malaise (a general feeling of being unwell) or headache. These symptoms are generally mild and resolve over time.1
Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?
Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.Bites are reported in people, but studies found the effects are usually local and mild. A study of 130 confirmed bites found no necrotic ulcers (tissue death) and no confirmed infections. No deaths are mentioned.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
Sikhulu kangakanani?
Side kangakanani?
mfutshane kunomnwe wakho omncinciU-Eastern white-tailed spider mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?
Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.
Sikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyaniso
The necrotic ulcers once blamed on these spiders were not confirmed. A scientific study found other causes, mostly infections.1
White-tailed spiders do not build webs. They hunt actively, often at night.1
The white tail marking remains into adulthood, while other markings fade with each moult.1
Many people think there is only one white-tailed spider species, but the two common species look so alike that more species may still be unidentified.1
Both common species have been introduced to New Zealand, where Lampona cylindrata has spread across the South Island since 1980.1
Umqhekezi weentsomi
Intsomi: White-tailed spider bites cause flesh-eating ulcers (necrosis).
Inyaniso: A study of 130 confirmed bites found no necrotic ulcers or confirmed infections. Symptoms are usually mild, with a red mark, pain, swelling and itchiness.1
Apho iinyaniso zivela khona
- White-tailed spider (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lampona murina (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
- Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.
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