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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Ne din ho asɛm: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
Ɛyɛ yaw kɛkɛƐyɛ yaw, nanso ɛrenpira wo kɛseɛ.
Asiane ma nnipa: Ɛyɛ yawƐtumi yɛ yaw paa, nanso ɛkame ayɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ asiane kɛseɛ da.

The Mexican honey wasp is a small social wasp that lives in colonies and builds large paper nests. It is one of the few wasps that makes honey, and it helps pollinate avocado flowers. It lives from Panama through Central America and Mexico, and in parts of Arizona and Texas.1

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From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
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It builds its nest in the canopy of a shrub or tree, often 1 to 9 m above the ground, and the nest is well hidden by leaves. Nests are often reported in suburban areas close to people's homes.1
Tenten
7 mm kɔsi 9 mm (0,3 in kɔsi 0,4 in)1
Ntɛm a ɛsen biara
bɛyɛ 20 km/h (12 mph)
Ɔtu, susuo kɛkɛ
Ɛdi deɛn?
It hunts the psyllid Diaphorina citri in tree shoots, sucking its body fluids and sometimes eating the whole insect. It also eats weevil larvae and moth larvae.1
Ampa!Mexican honey wasp mfonini
Mexican honey wasp. Mfonini: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no

  • Alternating bands of yellow and black across the abdomen (the rear part of the body).1
  • Small, with a body length of 7 to 9 mm.1
  • Abdomen can be almost as wide as it is long.1
  • Paper nests 40 to 50 cm across, with a rough, brown or grey, non-glossy surface like cardboard.1
  • Queens have a dark reddish-brown abdomen.1

Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.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.

Sɛ ɛwɔ a

  • Fa biribi twitwiw wowa no dua (stinger) no fi mu, na dwo baabi no.
  • 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 na fa n'adrenaline pen (auto-injector) wɔ no sɛ ɔwɔ bi a.

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?

Mexican honey wasp ne tenten bɛyɛ 9 mm (0,4 in)Ɛmo aba baako bɛyɛ 7 mm (0,3 in)Euro 1 dwetɛ sika bɛyɛ 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ɛyɛ ketewa araa sɛ ɛbɛtumi atena wo nsateaa anoɛbɛtumi atu atwa bɔɔlobɔ agodibea mu nyinaa wɔ anibu 19 mu

Mexican honey wasp kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?

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Nsɛm

1

It is one of only a few insects besides bees that make and store their own honey.1

2

A single nest can house anywhere from 3,500 to 18,700 wasps.1

3

In Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico, the Popoloca people eat its honey and larvae, harvesting them when the moon is between its last quarter and waning gibbous.1

4

It helps pollinate avocados, carrying avocado pollen on its hairy head, thorax and legs.1

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Scientists have studied it as a natural control for Diaphorina citri, a pest that spreads citrus greening disease.1

Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din
Brachygastra mellifica
Kuo
Wowa, kotokurodu ne kotokurodu akɛseɛ
Abusua
Vespidae2
Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
Hymenoptera
Asaase akɛseɛ
Amerika Atifi
Asiane ma nnipa
2 / 5: Ɛyɛ yaw3

Baabi a nsɛm no fi

  1. Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachygastra mellifica (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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