{"id":1395372,"date":"2026-05-20T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/black-widow-in-ukraine-expert-talks-about-the-danger-of-karakurt\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:36:00","slug":"black-widow-in-ukraine-expert-talks-about-the-danger-of-karakurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/black-widow-in-ukraine-expert-talks-about-the-danger-of-karakurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Black widow in Ukraine: expert talks about the danger of karakurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the arrival of heat in Europe, species of spiders dangerous to humans are becoming more active. In Ukraine, an expansion of the range of the karakurt, a spider from the genus of the so-called black widows, is also being recorded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported by<\/a> “Telegraph” with reference to a comment by arachnologist, Doctor of Philosophy and employee of Kherson State University Anastasia Iosypchuk.<\/p>\n

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According to the expert, black widows are a separate genus of spiders called Latrodectus, which includes over 30 species. The most famous of them are distributed mainly in America, but some species also live in Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n

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Iosypchuk explained that American species of black widow spiders do not currently pose a threat to Ukraine. In particular, the species Latrodectus geometricus, Latrodectus hasselti, and Latrodectus hesperus were introduced to Europe with cargo, but were unable to form stable populations.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, Ukraine has long had its own representative of this genus – the karakurt (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus). This spider traditionally lives in the south of the country, but due to climate warming, it is gradually moving north. <\/p>\n

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The arachnologist noted that the venom of spiders of the genus Latrodectus affects the human nervous system. After a bite, severe pain, convulsions, breathing problems, loss of consciousness, and in some cases, fatal consequences can occur.<\/p>\n

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According to Iosypchuk, deaths after a karakurt bite are rare if a person seeks medical help in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

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The expert also emphasized that a person may not even notice a karakurt bite at first. However, within a few minutes, sharp pain, cramps, and a deterioration in well-being appear.<\/p>\n

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Black widows are preyed upon in the wild by birds, reptiles, and other arthropods. In particular, pompilid wasps paralyze spiders and use them as a breeding ground for their larvae. <\/p>\n

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With the arrival of heat in Europe, species of spiders dangerous to humans are becoming more active. In Ukraine, an expansion of the range of the karakurt, a spider from the genus of the so-called black widows, is also being recorded. This was reported by “Telegraph” with reference to a comment by arachnologist, Doctor of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1395359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76878],"class_list":["post-1395372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1395359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}