What is Katipo?

Katipo is an increasingly rare poisonous spider from New Zealand. In 2010, they were declared threatened and protected by the government. His scientific gender and generic name are Latrodectus katipo . Like other endemic animals to the island nation, the spider shares properties with other related species, such as North American and European "black widows", but uniquely developed to isolation and adaptation. Its common name is the contraction of the native Maori Words in New Zealand kakati , which means "to stab" and after for "night". It has also been shown that male Australian redback can connect with Katipo to produce hybrid offspring. However, when the opposite attempts, the man Katipo is immediately attacked and consumed. Both were once classified as simple subspecies, but the significant anatomical and behavioral differences dictated their separate designations.

occurred the sameIn the confusion of the classification between a catip living in northern New Zealand and those inhabited by its southern island. The latter woman has an orange or red geometric stripe, a thin out in white color, down the center of the wheel, a black belly. Females on the northern island do not have this marking and were once identified as a black katipo. However, this difference in color has proven to be a simple result of the average temperature difference during the incubation period of the eggs. Because of colder temperatures, they are absent, unable to behave, in the southernmost coastal areas of New Zealand.

Male adult katipo was also once assumed and classified as a completely different species. They are about a sixth of the size of a woman. Head and chest are brown. The abdomen is white. Its back is marked with a series of red -orange diamonds that are outlined by irregular black lines.

Adult woman is a relatively medium -sized spider, about 1.3 inches (about 3.3 cm) in diameterTně feet. Its silk, velvety black belly is proportionally excessive. Its underside is also marked by a triangular red patch.

Limited katipo habitat is a unique, very narrow niche - coastal sand dunes. He turns his lair, accidental tangling of the adhesive strap, anchoring plants on the coast and the remains on the Leeward side of the dune. The main diet is the browsing of insects, many of which are blown into the mainland trap. When one is captured, it is quickly bitten by a poison and sprayed with another, immobilizing silk.

Its poison is a neurotoxin, which is assumed that in most species of its family it is very similar. Trying people will experience extreme pain, redness and swelling of the injection. It generally persists for several hours to one day. If poison spreads spread, the symptoms may spread to include: vomiting, headache, headache and muscle tremor. Respiratory failure, seizures or coma are extremely rare because anti-venoma developed from AustralianRedback can be given as preventive measures.