Western Black Widow
Western Black Widow
latrodectus hesperus
The Western Black Widow is a shiny black spider with a distinctive red hourglass shape on its belly. It is known for its web-making skills and can be found in many places, including gardens and forests!
生息地: They typically live in dark, sheltered areas like woodpiles, under rocks, or inside buildings.
外見
The Western Black Widow is a shiny, jet-black spider with a distinctive red hourglass marking on the underside of her rounded abdomen. This hourglass can sometimes look broken or X-shaped, differentiating her from similar species.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Arachnida目Araneae科Theridiidae属Latrodectus
カテゴリ
Invertebrateレア度
Common
危険度
3/5 · 中程度
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おもしろい事実
Baby black widows are actually orange and white, looking nothing like their parents!
Despite their scary name, male Western Black Widows are tiny and don't have dangerous venom.
Their venom is incredibly potent, said to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's!
They feel vibrations in their web to 'see' where prey or danger is coming from!
特殊能力
能力
Super Silk Weaver
Western Black Widows can spin incredibly strong, sticky silk because of specialized glands that help them build durable, irregular webs to trap prey.
能力
Venomous Bite
Western Black Widows possess potent venom that helps them quickly subdue their prey, delivered through fangs.
能力
Vibration Sensor
Western Black Widows have sensitive hairs on their legs that help them detect tiny vibrations in their web, alerting them to prey or danger.
食性と食事
Western Black Widows are super skilled hunters, munching on insects and other small critters they catch in their sticky webs!
主な食物
- grasshoppers
- crickets
- beetles
- flies
- moths
採餌方法
- Ambush
生態系とのつながり
parasitizes
Black Widow Egg Parasitoid Wasp
Baeus latrodecti
lays eggs inside black widow egg sacs
eats
Field Cricket
Gryllus assimilis
crickets are a common prey item for the spider
hunts
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
Sceliphron caementarium
paralyzes and provisions for its larvae
eats
House Fly
Musca domestica
flies often get caught in their sticky webs
特徴
別名
Red Hourglass SpiderWestern WidowWidow Spider
コレクション
安全性
危険度
3/5 · 中程度
Always be cautious and avoid touching spiders.
よくある質問
Western Black Widowは何を食べますか？
Western Black Widows are super skilled hunters, munching on insects and other small critters they catch in their sticky webs!
Western Black Widowは通常どこに生息していますか？
They typically live in dark, sheltered areas like woodpiles, under rocks, or inside buildings.
Western Black Widowはどのように狩りをしますか？
Ambush
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