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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

Ne din ho asɛm: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1

Ɛyɛ yaw kɛkɛƐyɛ yaw, nanso ɛrenpira wo kɛseɛ.

Tɛtea

ƐwɔƆdi: Nam

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

Ɔte

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

Abibirem

Fie

Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1

Tenten

5 mm kɔsi 2,5 cm (0,2 in kɔsi 1 in)1

Ntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Asaase so, susuo kɛkɛ

Ɛdi deɛn?

They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1

Matabele ant mfonini — Matabele ant. Mfonini: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.1

Bɔre ahoɔden

Ɛwɔ

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

Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?

Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.

Ɛyɛ dɛn bere a ehu aka no?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.1

Sɛ ɛwɔ a

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

Wiase mu baabi bɛn?

Abibirem Asia Yuropu Amerika Atifi Amerika Anaafoɔ Australia ne Oceania

Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?

Ne tenten te sɛn?

ne tenten bɛyɛ sɛ paper clip

Matabele ant kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.

Ne ntɛm te sɛn?

Nwa a ɔte turom bɛyɛ 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Matabele ant bɛyɛ 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Akyekyedeɛ bɛyɛ 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

ɛho hia sɛ wohunu

Nsɛm

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Megaponera analis
Kuo: Tɛtea
Abusua: Formicidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order): Hymenoptera
Asaase akɛseɛ: Abibirem
Mmofra nketewa: The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Asiane ma nnipa: 2 / 5: Ɛyɛ yaw3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

Megaponera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Megaponera analis (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
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