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Dinosaur ant

Nothomyrmecia macrops

OnskadelikOnskadelik vir mense. Niks om oor bekommerd te wees nie.

StekeEet: 'n Bietjie van alles

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

The dinosaur ant is one of the rarest ants in the world. It is the only species in its genus and lives in woodland in South Australia. Scientists call it a 'living fossil' because its body is so old-fashioned.1

Leef in

South Australia, Australia, in mallee and Eucalyptus woodland. Its full range is unknown.1

Australië & Oseanië

Tuis

It nests in old-growth mallee woodland and Eucalyptus woodland. Colonies are very small, with only 50 to 100 individuals in each nest. Pictures of the ant are stencilled on the streets of Poochera, the town where it was rediscovered.1

Lengte

9,7 mm tot 1,1 cm (0,4 in tot 0,4 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 0,18 km/h (0,11 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

Workers collect arthropod prey and sweet substances such as honeydew from scale insects and other Hemiptera. They forage alone at night and use their vision to find food.1

Foto van Dinosaur ant — Dinosaur ant. Foto: CSIRO. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Medium-sized ant, 9.7 to 11 mm long.1
Mandibles (jaws), clypeus (part of the 'face'), antennae and legs are pale yellow.1
Body hairs are yellow, long and abundant on the body, and shorter on the antennae and legs.1
Workers are strictly nocturnal, active mainly at night, and forage alone.1

Word dikwels verwar met: It shows similar features to Myrmecia and somewhat resembles weaver ants (Oecophylla). The fourth abdominal segment of Myrmecia is tubulate (tube-shaped), but in the dinosaur ant it is non-tubulated, which helps separate the two.1

Gifkrag

Steke

Gif kom deur 'n angel uit.

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: LigSoos 'n bysteek of minder. Basies onskadelik vir mense.

It has a long, retractable sting at the rear of the abdomen, which can give people a painful sting.1

Wat doen dit as dit bang is?

It uses its retractable sting when threatened, and workers release chemical alarm signals.1

As dit steek

Was en koel die steke af.
As die persoon sukkel om asem te haal, die gesig of keel swel, of hy voel flou, is dit 'n allergiese noodgeval: bel jou noodnommer.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou steek: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

klein genoeg om op jou vingernael te sit

Hoe groot is Dinosaur ant in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Tuinslak omtrent 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Dinosaur ant omtrent 0,18 km/h (0,11 mph)

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

die moeite werd om te weet

Feite

Scientists regard it as the most plesiomorphic (old-fashioned) ant alive, and it is called a 'living fossil'.1

Poochera is perhaps the only town in the world that relies on ant-based tourism.1

After its first collection in 1931, it was not seen again until 1977, when it was found about 1,300 km from the original site.1

It is the only known ant species with both a sting and a 'waist', meaning it has no postpetiole between the first and second gastral segments.1

Queens have non-functional, stubby wings, while male wings are long and fully developed.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Nothomyrmecia macrops
Groep: Miere
Familie: Formicidae2
Orde: Hymenoptera
Kontinente: Australië & Oseanië
Babas: The queen mates with one or more males, then hunts for food while the brood develops. Eggs are subspherical and non-adhesive. Two queens may found a colony together, but only one remains after the first workers are raised.1
Hoe dit in die natuur gaan: Critically Endangered1
Gevaar vir mense: 1 / 5: Lig3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Nothomyrmecia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Nothomyrmecia macrops (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
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