meeting arthropods inhabitants of the Crimea could end tragically.Particularly frequent stings of centipedes, scorpions, tarantulas and WIDOW summer, in the period of greatest influx of tourists.The most dangerous of all the Spider Black Widow."The Kiss" female, still called the "black widow" for the eating of the male just after mating, exceeds the force of the poison rattlesnake 15 times.Black Widow Spider - that can kill with one bite even a horse.
summer and early fall are venomous arthropods in the so-called mating season - mate, build nests, lay eggs, care for the offspring migrate.Mating season making spiders especially irritated and able to attack at the slightest threat to humans and animals.
Spider karakurt oblyubovyvayut mostly virgin lands (rough man), steppe, dry field.However, it can settle in the coastal areas and the foothills, hiding under rocks, under the dry branches, and often does not shrink and foreign mink.Lifestyle primarily nocturnal.The peak activity of the June - July.
magnitude females up to 20 mm, the male - three times less.The body is black, 13 red dots on the back.Adults, more mature individuals such spots are not so can be considered a real danger of any black spiders.Incidentally, the name "Black Widow" in the exact translation means "black worm."
for "black widows" characterized by recurrent seasonal bursts of strong, violent activity and unpredictable occurrences in rather unexpected places.Eight years ago, for example, 87 residents of Kherson region (Ukraine) came to the hospital bed was "thanks" to this spider bites.One patient was not able to save.Then experts explain such activity of heavy rains flooded burrows of spiders.
And in 2002, was bitten by a spider karakurt nurse, resident of the same area.Women working in the garden, only a few minutes, took off her gloves, and when they put them back, the spider, who managed to get inside, the victim was bitten on the finger.Nurse to raise the pressure, back pain and abdominal pain, chills urgently hospitalized.Immediate treatment at the clinic helped to save the life of the victim, but the treatment was very intensive and costly.
But if Kherson region immediately adjacent to the Black Sea and the meeting with the "black widow" in the mating season is understandable, the appearance of the spider in the summer of last year in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, relatively distant from the Crimea, generally caused resonance.Although climatologists allow gradual expansion of habitats WIDOW due to climate change.
Today habitat "buttonhole" are desert areas of Kazakhstan, all of Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, south and partially eastern Ukraine, Russia (Astrakhan region (mainly steppe), Orenburg, Saratov, Vologda, Rostov region), and in particular hotyears, it is possible even in the appearance of the Moscow region, where Spider Black Widow arrives at its weightless silk threads.
potentially dangerous country houses, gardens, parks, forest glades.Therefore, meeting in the summer hiking or walking, take care of the precautions.Avoid contact of the sleeping bag on the inside wall of the tent, carefully inspect the bed, watch the shoes, clothing and backpacks (favorite places black arthropods).If you find a hole, be sure to seal the them, pour the sand.Walk in the shoes only.
consequence of the emergence of the Black Widow Body is not always bite.The main thing - do not press a spider, do not take it.Your task - to quickly shake off the spider and throw him a sharp snap.
bite itself is painless, but spreads the poison causes severe pain in the first place of the bite, and then - in the back and abdomen.There is a strong agitation, spasms, asthma appears.Widow Venom can neutralize only whey, other measures are useless.The victim shall be brought promptly to a doctor, preferably (if possible) in advance to warn physicians about the bite.
