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South American black widow

Latrodectus curacaviensis

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Izigcawu

UkulumaSitya: Izinambuzane

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

The South American black widow is a spider from the Lesser Antilles and South America. Females have a red and black pattern and a venomous bite. It is mainly active at night, and it is not aggressive towards people.1

Sihlala

Lesser Antilles and South America, including Brazil1

uMntla Melika, uMzantsi Melika

Ekhaya

It is usually found under logs, in sheds, in stone fireplaces, and near trash and debris, so people may meet it around homes and outbuildings.1

Ubude

1,1 cm ukuya ku-1,7 cm (0,4 in ukuya ku-0,7 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds on small insects.1

Ifoto ka-South American black widow — South American black widow. Ifoto: Renato Brito. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Females grow up to 11–17 mm and have a black and red body and legs.1
Males are much smaller, have long legs, and are white or brown.1
Females have an hourglass mark with a black diamond shape and four red triangles in a square.1
It is mainly nocturnal, so it is most active at night.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

The venom contains excitatory neurotoxins (alpha-latrotoxins), which overstimulate the nerves. Bites usually deliver only small amounts of venom. Symptoms can include intense pain at the bite, sweating, rapid breathing, a faster heart rate, swollen eyelids, salivation, stiff and painful abdominal muscles, nausea, vomiting and blurred sight. Some cases have also involved muscle spasms, fever and chills, which are common symptoms of latrodectism (the illness caused by black widow venom).1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Bites usually deliver only small amounts of venom, but they can cause dangerous symptoms, mostly in children, older people, and people with heart or breathing problems.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

It is not aggressive to humans, but females will attack to defend their egg sacs.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?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

mfutshane kunomnwe wakho omncinci

U-South American black widow 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)

South American black widow malunga ne-0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Some reports describe priapism, a painful and prolonged erection in men, after a bite.1

In a case in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, the victim had muscle spasms, fever, chills and heavy sweating.1

Females are much bigger than males, which is common among black widow spiders.1

Males are easy to tell apart from females because of their long legs and white or brown colour.1

This spider is mainly active at night, so most encounters are likely after dark.1

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: Black widow spiders are aggressive and will attack people.

Inyaniso: This species is not aggressive to humans. Females only attack when they are defending their egg sacs.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Latrodectus curacaviensis
Iqela: Izigcawu
Usapho: Theridiidae2
Ucwangco: Araneae
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika, uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana: Females guard their egg sacs and will attack to defend them.1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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