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West coast button spider

Latrodectus indistinctus

Kufuna ugqirhaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukulunywa kufuna ugqirha.

Izigcawu

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

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

The West Coast button spider is a small black spider that lives in Namibia and South Africa. It is one of the black button or black widow spiders, and its venom acts on the nerves. Knowing what it looks like helps people stay safe in its dry habitats.1

Sihlala

Namibia and South Africa, including the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1

IAfrika

Ekhaya

It builds three-dimensional webs in dark corners. Its nest is low down, at the base of small bushes, in tufts of grass or stubble, or among heaps of loose debris, often on the ground. Unlike L. geometricus, no nest has been recorded near a building. It has also been recorded from pistachio orchards.1

Ubude

1,6 cm (0,6 in)1

Esona santya siphezulu

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

Emhlabeni, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

Its prey includes insects and other arthropods. Egg sacs are usually hung in bush vegetation, where prey is available nearby.1

Ifoto ka-West coast button spider — West coast button spider. Ifoto: Wessel Pretorius. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Females are 7 to 16 mm long and males are 2.5 to 5 mm long, so females are much larger.1
Most adults keep short red stripes radiating upward from the tip of the upper abdomen.1
It is not aggressive by nature.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

This spider has neurotoxins called latrotoxins, which act on nerve endings. Within 15 minutes of a bite there is intense pain, a burning sensation and swelling. Intense muscle pain and cramps can develop about an hour later, along with anxiety, slurred speech, nausea, headache, sweating and fever.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

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

Rapid pulse, raised blood pressure, chest tightness and difficulty breathing are important warning signs. These are usually more dangerous for children and elderly people with heart or lung disease.1

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

When it feels threatened, it drops to the ground and plays dead.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?

mfutshane kunomnwe wakho omncinci

U-West coast 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)

West coast button spider malunga ne-0,92 km/h (0,57 mph)

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

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Females are much larger than males, at 7 to 16 mm compared with 2.5 to 5 mm.1

It has been found in desert, grassland and fynbos habitats.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Latrodectus indistinctus
Iqela: Izigcawu
Usapho: Theridiidae2
Ucwangco: Araneae
Amazwekazi: IAfrika
Iintsana: Eggs are kept in egg sacs hung in bush vegetation. Females will occasionally attack to defend their eggs.1
Imeko yaso endle: Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini: 3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

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