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Karoo button spider

Latrodectus karrooensis

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Izigcawu

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The Karoo button spider is a venomous spider that lives only in South Africa. It belongs to the same group as the black widow spiders. Its bite causes very unpleasant symptoms, so it is worth knowing about if you live in or visit its range.1

Sihlala

South Africa only, in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It lives in dark corners in a variety of small habitats, where it builds its three-dimensional webs. It has been found at altitudes from 648 to 1358 metres above sea level, in the Fynbos and Nama Karoo biomes.1

Ubude

3 cm (1,2 in)3

ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo besilwanyana esikhulileyo

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It is a spider that catches prey in its web.1

Ifoto ka-Karoo button spider — Karoo button spider. Ifoto: Cecile Roux. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

It builds a three-dimensional web suspended in mid-air.1
The web has loose, interconnected threads that lead to a tightly woven retreat.1
Its retreat is inverted and cup-shaped, with pebbles built into the dome.1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: Four of the six Latrodectus species found in southern Africa are known as black button or black widow spiders, so common names alone cannot tell them apart. Its distinctive web and pebble-domed retreat help to recognise this species.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

Like all Latrodectus species, it has a neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. The venom acts on nerve endings and causes latrodectism, a condition with very unpleasant symptoms.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

Its bite causes latrodectism, which brings very unpleasant symptoms in humans.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?

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Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

malunga nobude besiqhobosho sephepha

U-Karoo button spider mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

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

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Ufudo malunga ne-0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Karoo button spider malunga ne-0,86 km/h (0,53 mph)

Umntu ohambayo malunga ne-5 km/h (3,1 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its retreat has pebbles built into the dome, which makes it easy to recognise.1

It is one of six Latrodectus species found in southern Africa.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Latrodectus karrooensis
Iqela: Izigcawu
Usapho: Theridiidae2
Ucwangco: Araneae
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Imeko yaso endle: Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Latrodectus karrooensis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Latrodectus karrooensis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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