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Jack jumper ant

Myrmecia pilosula
Ne din ho asɛm: The specific name pilosula comes from the Latin word pilosa, meaning 'covered with soft hair'. The common name 'jack jumper' comes from its jumping motion.1
Ɛhia dɔkotaƐntaa nkum, nanso sɛ ɛwɔ wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn.
Tɛtea ƐwɔƆdi: Mmoawa
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛwɔ wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

The jack jumper ant is a venomous ant native to Australia. It is most common in Tasmania and south-east mainland Australia, and it is known for jumping long distances when it is disturbed. Its sting is usually mild, but it is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to people.1

Ɔte
Australia, mostly Tasmania and south-east mainland; widespread in most of Australia; not verified in the Northern Territory1
Australia ne Oceania
Fie
Jack jumper ants live in open places such as gardens, lawns, pastures, woodlands and dry open forests, usually on fine gravel and sandy soil. In suburbs they build nests in rockeries, cracks in concrete walls and grass, and they are less common in urban areas.1
Tenten
1,1 cm kɔsi 1,6 cm (0,4 in kɔsi 0,6 in)1
Ntɛm a ɛsen biara
bɛyɛ 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)
Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ
Ɛdi deɛn?
Jack jumper ants prey on small insects. They kill other insects by injecting venom through a barbless stinger. Their food also includes nectar.1
Ampa!Jack jumper ant mfonini
Jack jumper ant. Mfonini: Tony Eales. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

  • Black or blackish-red body, sometimes with yellow or orange legs1
  • Antennae, lower legs and mandibles (jaws) are yellow or orange1
  • Workers are medium-sized, about 12 to 14 mm long1
  • Grey, short hair on the body, longer on the back part of the abdomen1
  • Leaps about 51 to 76 mm when disturbed, and forms mounds of gravel and soil as nests1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: Other Myrmecia ants, such as M. nigrocincta, also jump when disturbed, so jumping alone does not identify this species.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Ɛwɔ

Bɔre fi ne dua ano nsɔe (stinger) mu ba.

Ne bɔre yɛ dɛn?

The venom is unusually likely to cause allergy for an insect venom. In most people a sting causes only a mild reaction at the site. In people who are allergic, it can cause anaphylaxis, a severe whole-body reaction with a faster heart rate and falling blood pressure.1

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ denSɛ ɛwɔ wo a, kɔ dɔkota nkyɛn. Ɛntaa nkum obi koraa.

Most stings cause only a mild local reaction, but the jack jumper is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to humans. The venom causes about 90% of ant allergies in Australia. In areas where it lives, up to 3% of people may be allergic, and about half of those can have anaphylaxis, which rarely leads to death. Between 1980 and 2000, four people died from anaphylaxis caused by jack jumper stings, all in Tasmania.1

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

When disturbed, they become aggressive towards humans, and they can see and follow an intruder from about 1 m away.1

Sɛ ɛwɔ a

  • For people prone to severe allergic reactions, the treatment is allergen immunotherapy, also called desensitisation.1
  • Hohoro baabi a ɛwɔɔ no na dwo.
  • Sɛ onipa no ntumi nhome yie, n'anim anaa ne mene mu hono, anaa ɛyɛ no sɛ ɔrebɛtɔ piti a, ɛyɛ allergy ahohiahia: frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma.

Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw

Hwɛ wo ho so

  • Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
  • Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
  • Sɛ baako wɔ wo a: ma wo bo nnwo, tena dinn, frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911) anaa kɔ ayaresabea ntɛm. Kae sɛdeɛ na ɛte, mfonini bɛboa.

Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ɛde ne bɔre kyere aduane anaa ɛbɔ ne ho ban, na ɛpɛ sɛ ɛhinta sene biribiara. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

Jack jumper ant ne tenten bɛyɛ 1,6 cm (0,6 in)Ɛmo aba baako bɛyɛ 7 mm (0,3 in)Euro 1 dwetɛ sika bɛyɛ 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ɛyɛ tiaa sen wo nsateaa ketewa

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Nsɛm

1

Their leaps are about 51 to 76 mm, which is a long jump for an ant of this size.1

2

They decorate their nests with seeds, soil, charcoal, stones, sticks and small dead invertebrates, which help trap the sun's warmth.1

3

William Morton Wheeler compared them to 'Lilliputian cavalry galloping to battle' when they were disturbed.1

4

Workers are gamergates, so they can reproduce with males whether or not a queen is present in the colony.1

5

Rove beetles of the genus Heterothops often live in jack jumper nests and raise their young there.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din
Myrmecia pilosula
Kuo
Tɛtea
Abusua
Formicidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
Hymenoptera
Asaase akɛseɛ
Australia ne Oceania
Asiane ma nnipa
3 / 5: Ɛyɛ den3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

  1. Jack jumper ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Myrmecia pilosula (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
  3. Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.

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