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Ikhathuni ka-West coast button spider
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West coast button spider

Latrodectus indistinctus
Kudinga udokotelaKuyivelakancane ukuthi kubulale, kodwa ukulunywa kudinga udokotela.
Izicabucabu UkulumaSidla: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

The West Coast button spider is a small black spider that lives in Namibia and South Africa. It is one of the black button or black widow spiders, and its venom acts on the nerves. Knowing what it looks like helps people stay safe in its dry habitats.1

Ihlala
Namibia and South Africa, including the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces1
I-Afrika
Ekhaya
It builds three-dimensional webs in dark corners. Its nest is low down, at the base of small bushes, in tufts of grass or stubble, or among heaps of loose debris, often on the ground. Unlike L. geometricus, no nest has been recorded near a building. It has also been recorded from pistachio orchards.1
Ubude
1.6 cm (0.6 in)1
Ijubane eliphezulu
cishe 0.92 km/h (0.57 mph)
Emhlabathini, isiqagela nje
Sidlani?
Its prey includes insects and other arthropods. Egg sacs are usually hung in bush vegetation, where prey is available nearby.1
Ngempela!Isithombe sika-West coast button spider
West coast button spider. Isithombe: Wessel Pretorius. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusibona

  • Females are 7 to 16 mm long and males are 2.5 to 5 mm long, so females are much larger.1
  • Most adults keep short red stripes radiating upward from the tip of the upper abdomen.1
  • It is not aggressive by nature.1

Amandla obuthi

Ukuluma

Ubuthi buphuma ngamazinyo aso obuthi noma ngamazinyo uma siluma.

Ubuthi baso benzani?

This spider has neurotoxins called latrotoxins, which act on nerve endings. Within 15 minutes of a bite there is intense pain, a burning sensation and swelling. Intense muscle pain and cramps can develop about an hour later, along with anxiety, slurred speech, nausea, headache, sweating and fever.1

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkulunywa kudinga udokotela. Ukufa kuyivelakancane kakhulu.

Rapid pulse, raised blood pressure, chest tightness and difficulty breathing are important warning signs. These are usually more dangerous for children and elderly people with heart or lung disease.1

Senzani uma sesabile?

When it feels threatened, it drops to the ground and plays dead.1

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?

West coast button spider ubude obucishe bube ngu-1.6 cm (0.6 in)Uhlamvu lwerayisi cishe 7 mm (0.3 in)Uhlamvu lwemali lwe-euro elilodwa cishe 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
sifushane kunomunwe wakho omncane

West coast button spider mkhulu kangakanani uma uqhathanisa NAWE?

Yizibalo nje kusiphequluli sakho. Akukho okulondolozwayo noma okuthunyelwa ndawo.

Sishesha kangakanani?

kuhle ukwazi

Amaqiniso

1

Females are much larger than males, at 7 to 16 mm compared with 2.5 to 5 mm.1

2

It has been found in desert, grassland and fynbos habitats.1

Okongoti bobuthi

Igama lesayensi
Latrodectus indistinctus
Iqembu
Izicabucabu
Umndeni
Theridiidae2
Ukuhleleka
Araneae
Amazwekazi
I-Afrika
Izinsana
Eggs are kept in egg sacs hung in bush vegetation. Females will occasionally attack to defend their eggs.1
Simo saso endle
Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini
3 / 5: Kubi kakhulu3

Lapho amaqiniso evela khona

  1. Latrodectus indistinctus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Latrodectus indistinctus (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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