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Phinda button spider

Latrodectus umbukwane

名字的由来： It is named after the Phinda Private Game Reserve, where research specimens were collected.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜘蛛

咬伤

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

The Phinda button spider is a type of button, or widow, spider. It was formally described as a new species in 2019. It lives only in sand forests in northern Zululand, in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, and is believed to be the largest member of its genus.1

生活在

Northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (known only from here as of 2019)1

非洲

首页

It lives in lowland sand forest. Females build silk retreats in tree hollows and stumps more than 50 cm above the ground, higher than most other members of the genus. A single specimen was found in the garden of a house on Tembe Elephant Park, at the edge of disturbed sand forest.1

长度

4 cm (1.6 in)3

典型成年个体大小

最高速度

约 0.98 公里/小时（0.61 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

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

怎样认出它

Females have red markings on both the top and underside of the abdomen, which no other African Latrodectus species has.1
Males have white markings on the underside of the abdomen, which darken with age.1
Egg sacs are large and smooth, bright purple when freshly laid, fading to shiny grey as they dry.1
Webs are not usually found outside the tree hollow. When present, they are typical hackle webs spreading out from the hollow.1

常被误认为： Other African button spiders do not have the red markings on both the top and underside of the female abdomen, which is the main feature that sets this species apart.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: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

Phinda button 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)

Phinda button spider 约 0.98 公里/小时 (0.61 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

It is believed to be the largest member of the button spider genus, Latrodectus.1

Its discovery was the first new addition to the genus in 28 years. Before this, 31 button or widow spiders were known, eight of them from Africa.1

Females nest in tree hollows and stumps higher above the ground than most other members of the genus.1

It was first found in 2014 in Tembe Elephant Park, but was only confirmed as a new species in 2019, after live specimens were collected from Phinda reserve.1

One female kept in a laboratory lived for two years until her natural death, and her offspring were also studied.1

给毒液专家

学名: Latrodectus umbukwane
类别: 蜘蛛
家人: Theridiidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: Females lay large, smooth egg sacs, which are bright purple when freshly laid.1
寿命: 约 2 年1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3