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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis
Baɗte innde: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1
Ina muusa tanIna muusa, kono gaañataa ma bone mawɗo.
Tururuwa Ina fiɗaIna ñaama: Seeɗa e kala huunde
Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.

The samsum ant is a small ant that lives across much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It often shares homes with people and is a common household pest. It matters because its sting is powerful and, in rare cases, can cause a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal.1

Ina wona e
Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Introduced to the United States in 1943, and invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1
Afirik, Asiya
Galle
Samsum ants are ground-dwelling and common around homes and towns, so people often meet them in households. In Iran, colonies were found along irrigation ditches in damp ground.1
Njuuteendi
5 mm haa 6 mm (0,2 in haa 0,2 in)1
Yaawre ɓurnde
ɓadii 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)
E leydi, miijo tan
Hol ko nde ñaamata?
Samsum ants are omnivores and scavengers. They hunt small arthropods, including other ants, and sometimes larger ones such as cockroaches, using their stingers. They also eat seeds, which is unusual among ponerine ants.1
Goonga!Foto Samsum ant
Samsum ant. Foto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirto nde

  • Body is dark brown to black-brown.1
  • Antennae, tarsi (foot segments) and tibiae (lower leg segments) are red.1
  • Body length is 5–6 mm.1
  • Head is broader than the mesosoma (the middle section of the body).1
  • Nest entrances are circular and 3–5 mm across.1

Doole tooke

Ina fiɗa

Tooke ina yalta e fiɗirgal.

Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?

The sting is powerful. In rare cases it can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and death.1

Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.

The sting is known to be powerful, and in rare cases it has led to anaphylactic shock and death. Stings have been linked to anaphylaxis in many parts of the world, and the ant is considered a common household pest in several regions.1

Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.1

Si nde fiɗii

  • Lootu fiɗe ɗe, ɓuuɓnu ɗe.
  • Si neɗɗo oo ina tampa foofde, yeeso walla daande mum ina ɓutta, walla ina yiɗi waasude hakkille, ɗum ko musiiba allergy: noddu lamba ballal yaawngal.

Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano

Reen hoore maa

  • Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gooto e majji fiɗii ma: deeƴu, taa dillu, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) walla yah asibiti law. Siftor no nde wayri, foto ina walla.

Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Nde huutora tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reende hoore mum, nde ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto

Hol no nde mawni?

Hol no nde juuti?

Samsum ant juuti ɓadii 6 mm (0,2 in)Ɓii maaro ɓadii 7 mm (0,3 in)Ceede euro 1 ɓadii 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
pamaro haa ina waawi joɗaade dow ceɓre feɗeendu maa

Hol no Samsum ant mawni, fottindaade e AAN?

Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.

Hol no nde yaawi?

ina haani anndeede

Anndal

1

Their name comes from the Arabic word for "sharp sword", probably because of their sting.1

2

They are one of the only ponerine ants that eat seeds, having moved from a mostly meat diet to an omnivorous one.1

3

They are one of the few ponerine ants to be invasive, and they are considered invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

4

Among ponerine ants, the size difference between workers and queens is considered rare.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Brachyponera sennaarensis
Fedde
Tururuwa
Besngu
Formicidae2
Tolno
Hymenoptera
Nahiyaaji
Afirik, Asiya
Ɓikkoy
Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Ina muusa3

Ɗo anndal iwi

  1. Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachyponera sennaarensis (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
  3. Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.

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