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Spitting spider

Scytodes thoracica
Mayelana negama: It is called a spitting spider because it spits a venomous, sticky silk substance over its prey.1
AkunangoziAkunangozi ebantwini. Akukho okufanele ukhathazeke ngakho.
Izicabucabu UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

The spitting spider is a small spider that catches its prey by spitting sticky, venomous silk over it. It is found in many parts of the world, and it often lives in houses, where it wanders about at night.1

Ihlala
Europe, North Africa, Turkey, temperate Asia to China, Korea and Japan; introduced to North America, Chile, Argentina, India, Australia and New Zealand; South Africa1
I-Yurophu
Ekhaya
It is frequently found in houses, where it wanders about at night. In South Africa it lives in grassland and savanna, from 68 to 1444 m above sea level. It is often collected from under stones and in dark places on the soil surface.1
Ubude
6 mm (0.2 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.74 km/h (0.46 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
It hunts mainly at night, when many insects are less active. It creeps up on its prey, measures the distance with one front leg, then squeezes its body and spits two silk threads in a zigzag over the victim. Larger prey may be spat on several times.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-Spitting spider
Spitting spider. Isithombe: carnifex. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Body length of 3 to 6 mm1
  • Has six eyes, not the eight that most spiders have1
  • The top of the front body (carapace) slopes upwards towards the rear, while the abdomen slopes downwards1
  • Long, slender legs1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

Its silk is venomous. The venom is carried in silk glands connected to venom glands, and it immobilises prey almost at once.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KuncaneNjengokuhlatshwa yinyosi noma ngaphansi. Cishe akunangozi ebantwini.

Uma siluma

  • Geza inxeba lokulunywa bese ubeka iphakethe leqhwa phezu kwalo ngenxa yobuhlungu. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha uma ubuhlungu bunamandla, busabalala noma umuntu ezizwa engaphilile.

Njalo shayela kuqala inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911). Lokhu kuyiseluleko sosizo lokuqala esijwayelekile, akusona iseluleko sezokwelapha. Izisekelo zosizo lokuqala

Hlala uphephile

  • Ungalokothi uthinte, ubambe noma ugcone isilwane sasendle, ngisho noma sincane, futhi ngisho noma sibukeka silele noma sifile.
  • Sinike isikhala. Uma uhlangana naso, hlala uzolile, uhlehle kancane bese usiyeka sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Uma sikuluma: hlala uzolile, ungashukumi, shayela inombolo yezimo eziphuthumayo (112, 000, 911) noma uye esibhedlela ngokushesha. Khumbula ukuthi besibukeka kanjani, isithombe siyasiza.

Asikuzingeli wena. Sisebenzisa ubuthi baso ukuze sibambe ukudla noma ukuzivikela, futhi singancamela ukucasha. Okwengeziwe mayelana nokuhlala uphephile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Spitting spider ubude obucishe bube ngu-6 mm (0.2 in)Uhlamvu lwerayisi cishe 7 mm (0.3 in)Uhlamvu lwemali lwe-euro elilodwa cishe 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
sincane kangangokuthi singahlala ezinzipheni zakho

Spitting spider mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

It spits two silk threads in a zigzag pattern in about 1/600 of a second.1

2

Its silk glands in the front of the body (cephalothorax) are linked to its venom glands, so it can make venomous silk.1

3

It stops about 10 mm from its prey and measures the distance with one front leg before it spits, so as not to disturb the victim.1

4

It is thought to find prey using long hearing hairs on its legs.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Scytodes thoracica
Iqembu
Izicabucabu
Umndeni
Scytodidae2
Ukuhleleka
Araneae
Amazwekazi
I-Yurophu
Izinsana
The mother builds a nursery web for the spiderlings after they emerge, and carries her eggs under her belly in a net of silk.1
Simo saso endle
Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini
1 / 5: Kuncane3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Scytodes thoracica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scytodes thoracica (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa ngezigaba.
  3. Venom Wiki: izinga lengozi, usayizi ojwayelekile nesiqagela sejubane kungokwethu. Bona ukuthi sikubala kanjani: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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