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Tarantula wolf spider

Lycosa tarantula

名字的由来： It gets its name from the city of Taranto in Italy, which is near where it is found.1

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

蜘蛛

咬伤吃：肉

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

Lycosa tarantula is a large wolf spider that lives mainly in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy. It was once called the tarantula, and it gives that name to a famous old folk dance. It hunts at night and tends to keep away from people.1

生活在

Southern Europe, especially the Apulia region of Italy and near the city of Taranto; also recorded in France1

欧洲

首页

It lives in burrows that it digs itself. Females stay in their burrows for their whole lives, waiting at the entrance at night for prey. Young spiders dig their own burrows after they leave their mother.1

长度

1.9 cm到3 cm (0.7 in到1.2 in)1

最高速度

约 1.3 公里/小时（0.81 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

It leaves its burrow at night to catch prey. Females wait at the burrow mouth and make nocturnal trips to capture prey.1

Tarantula wolf spider的照片 — Tarantula wolf spider。照片：Benjamin Carbuccia。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

A large wolf spider. Females can have a body length of up to 3 cm, and males are smaller, at around 1.9 cm.1
Mostly active at night.1
Usually found lurking at the mouths of its burrows.1
Runs very fast and keeps moving, so it is hard to catch.1

常被误认为： It is often called a tarantula, but in English that name now more commonly refers to spiders in the Theraphosidae family. This spider is a wolf spider, in the Lycosidae family.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 venom is made mostly of neurotoxins, which act on the nerves, and venom proteins. The venom is not known to be harmful to people. It has been observed to harm some small vertebrates, so careful handling matters.1

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。

Its bite is not known to cause severe symptoms in humans, and it is not known to endanger human life. Wolf spiders are not among the spider families recognised as posing a serious health risk to people.1

它害怕时会做什么？

When cornered, it does not make threat displays or advance on a hand to bite. Its usual response to a large animal is to flee.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280 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

Tarantula wolf 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)

Tarantula wolf spider 约 1.3 公里/小时 (0.81 mph)

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

值得了解

事实

Many mating encounters, about one-third in one study, end with the female eating the male.1

The folk dance called the tarantella is linked to an old belief about this spider's bite.1

Females spend their whole lives in their burrows, apart from night-time trips to hunt.1

Wolf spiders have quite good eyesight, so a person is unlikely to approach one unseen.1

Mature males leave their burrows and wander about looking for mates.1

谣言粉碎机

谣言： A bite from this spider can cause severe illness called tarantism, which must be treated by dancing.

真相： This was a traditional superstition in Apulia. The bites are not known to cause severe symptoms in humans or to endanger life.1

给毒液专家

学名: Lycosa tarantula
类别: 蜘蛛
家人: Lycosidae2
排序: Araneae
大洲: 欧洲
宝宝: Females carry a silken sac with over 100 eggs attached to their spinnerets. After hatching, the spiderlings climb onto their mother's abdomen and ride around with her until they are mature enough to survive on their own.1
寿命: 约 4 年1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3