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Common rain spider

Palystes superciliosus

名字的由来： Its common name comes from its habit of entering homes before rain. The genus Palystes is also called the lizard-eating spiders.1

无害对人无害。不用担心。

蜘蛛

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

The common rain spider is a large huntsman spider that lives across southern Africa. It often comes indoors, especially before rain, and it hunts geckos. Its size and striking leg markings make it look frightening, but its bite is not dangerous to people.1

生活在

Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique and Eswatini1

非洲

首页

It is very common in houses and often comes indoors before rainy spells. It also lives in scrubland and savannah woodland, and has been found in cabbage, avocado and macadamia orchards.1

长度

3.6 cm (1.4 in)1

最高速度

约 1.7 公里/小时（1.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It hunts geckos, which are its main prey in homes. Males are often seen from August to December, probably searching for females.1

Common rain spider的照片 — Common rain spider。照片：Rudolph Steenkamp。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

A large huntsman spider. Its body can reach about 4 cm and its legs about 11 cm.1
Both males and females are roughly the same size.1
When threatened, it lifts into a threat pose that shows yellow and black bands on the underside of its legs.1
Females build large round silk egg sacs with twigs and leaves woven in.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

它的毒液会造成什么？

Its bite causes a burning sensation and swelling. The swelling lasts for a few days. Recovery is spontaneous and complete.1

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 轻微像被蜜蜂蜇一下或更轻。对人基本无害。

In humans, the bite is no more dangerous than a bee sting. Many gardeners are bitten by protective females guarding their egg sacs.1

它害怕时会做什么？

It lifts into a threat pose that shows yellow and black banding on the underside of its legs, and females guard their egg sacs aggressively.1

如果它咬人

清洗咬伤处，用冰袋冷敷止痛。如果疼得厉害、疼痛扩散或感到不适，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果被它咬了：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

差不多和一个回形针一样长210 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Common rain spider和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

Common rain spider 约 1.7 公里/小时 (1.1 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

A wasp larva eats its paralysed spider host slowly, eating the outer flesh first and saving the vital organs until last, so the spider stays fresh.1

Pompilid wasps hunt these spiders, sting them to paralyse them, and drag them back to their nests.1

Females build an egg sac in about 3 to 5 hours.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： A guinea pig died within 7 minutes after a rain spider bit it in a 1959 experiment, so the spider's venom must be deadly.

真相： Further research on anaesthetised guinea pigs showed the original animal died of shock, not from the venom. In humans, the bite is no more dangerous than a bee sting.1

给毒液专家

学名: Palystes superciliosus
类别: 蜘蛛
家人: Sparassidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: Females lay eggs in a large silk egg sac, about three sacs over their two-year lives. The spiderlings hatch inside the sac and chew their way out about three weeks later.1
寿命: 约 2 年1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3