On November 7, the reporter learned from Xiamen Customs that after the identification of the Xiamen Customs Technology Center, one live spider previously intercepted by the customs was a mesencho spider, whose venom is highly toxic, and is one of the world-famous highly poisonous spiders, commonly known as "black widow".
Recently, Xiamen customs officer
When supervising a batch of imported car containers
Black live spiders were found in the box
The on-site customs officer immediately suspended the inspection operation
Close the container door and sanitize
subsequently
Customs officers carefully inspect vehicles and containers
Finally capture 1 live spider in the corner of the container
The spider's body is black
There are red spots on the abdomen
Identified as a highly venomous spider "Black Widow"
Putian Customs also did before
Interception of "Black Widow"
In June of this year
When Putian Customs inspects imported container logs
A live spider and four oocysts were intercepted
Identified by the National Key Laboratory of Forest Inspection and Quarantine
The spider is a memacularia spider
Commonly known as "Black Widow"
According to the relevant person in charge of Xiamen Customs
"Black Widow" is one of the most toxic spiders in the world, even more than 10 times more toxic than the rattlesnake, and its reproductive ability is very strong, the female spider only needs to mate once in her life, and can lay up to 5,000 eggs in her lifetime. The "black widow" oocyst, which can contain 400 to 900 eggs each, matures in three months and lives up to three years.
According to the "Chinese Fauna· Arachnids· Arachnids" introduced that "black widow" spiders are relatively rare in the mainland, only distributed in Xinjiang, Yunnan and other places. The mortality rate is about 10% from his stings, and symptoms include chills, fever, vomiting and severe abdominal pain.
In addition to "Black Widow"
Customs can be described as a "magical beast" haunt
Some animals that have not been quarantined
They are disguised and packaged and sent into the country through various channels
Recently
Harmful living bodies intercepted by Xiamen Customs
April of this year
Xiamen Customs in an empty inbound container
About 2,000 live American cockroaches were intercepted
In May of this year
Xiamen Customs inspects a batch of imported olive logs
A total of 8 live lizards were found inside the container
It has been identified as an Italian wall lizard by professional bodies
The body length is about 15 cm
April 2021
Xiamen Customs intercepted five live beetles in an inbound package
All identified as Hercules euphorbia beetles
Commonly known as "Hercules"
One of them is male and four are female
In 2019, Xiamen Customs underwent a rolling crackdown
Verification of smuggling plain monitor lizards, green iguanas, etc
More than 300 birds
It is understood that the plain monitor lizard and green iguana are endangered animals from abroad. Contact with wild "reptiles" can lead to deadly diseases and threaten human health. Related articles have reported that the infection rate of Ixodes ticks on the body surface of monitor lizards is 88.9%, and the infection rate of endoparasites is 100%. It can transmit forest encephalitis, Xinjiang hemorrhagic fever, West Nile fever, Lyme disease, endemic relapsing fever, Q fever, salmonellosis and other diseases, and when kept as pets, infected animals can cause human disease directly or indirectly.
So many strange things
I almost crossed the sea and entered the country in secret!
The customs staff worked hard!
Thanks for guarding!
Reporter Chen Lu
Source: News Night Flight