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Dancing white lady spider

Leucorchestris arenicola

无害对人无害。不用担心。

咬伤吃：肉

The dancing white lady spider is a huntsman spider that lives in the sand dunes of the Namib Desert in Namibia. It hides in burrows during the hot day and comes out at night, when it can tap on the sand to send messages to other spiders.1

生活在

Namib Desert, Namibia1

非洲

首页

Bare sand dunes in the Namib Desert. Each spider lives in a silk-lined burrow dug into the sand, with a territory of about a 3 metre radius around it. It stays in the burrow by day to avoid the heat of the sun.1

长度

3.2 cm (1.3 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 eats a wide range of insects, arachnids and reptiles, mostly nocturnal prey such as beetles, moths and weevils. It uses a sit-and-wait strategy, staying in its territory until prey arrives. Larger males sometimes eat other spiders.1

Dancing white lady spider的照片 — Dancing white lady spider。照片：unknown。 CC0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

Creamy white in colour1
Body length up to 32 mm1
Males have leg spans up to 14 cm and are lighter in weight than females1
In males, 5 to 8 legs have a median tibia dorsal spine, a small spine on the leg; in females it is seen on no more than 4 legs and is rarely present1
Active at night only, wandering over the sand1

常被误认为： It is often mistaken for the wheel spider (Carparachne aureoflava), which has a similar name and lives in the same area. They are different species.1

毒液之力

咬伤

它咬的时候，毒液通过毒牙或牙齿出来。

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。

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）

Dancing white lady 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)

Dancing white lady 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

The spiders communicate by tapping their front legs on the sand. This seismic signalling is called drumming.1

Males may be attacked and killed by females if their drumming signal is too much like that of prey.1

Males can travel more than 50 metres in one night while searching for a mate.1

Each spider has eight eyes arranged to give a full panoramic view of its surroundings, which is unusual for spiders at night.1

Burrows can be up to 40 cm long and 25 cm deep, and their shape keeps them cooler than the surface.1

Females live about 6 months, while males live only 1 to 2 months.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： It is the same spider as the wheel spider

真相： It is often confused with the wheel spider, but they are different species, even though they live in the same place.1

给毒液专家

学名: Leucorchestris arenicola
类别: 蜘蛛
家人: Sparassidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: The female lays egg clutches of about 76 eggs on average, hidden in a cocoon about 12 cm deep in the burrow. The eggs have an incubation period of 15 days.1
寿命: 约 0.5 年1
对人的危险: 1 / 5: 轻微3