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Cow killer velvet ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis
Ko faati e innde ndee: The nickname cow killer comes from its extremely painful sting. It is called an ant because it looks like one, but it is a wasp.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ñaaki, ɗuggi e ɗuggi mawɗi JukkugolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The cow killer velvet ant is a wasp that looks like a black and red ant. It lives in the eastern United States, from Connecticut and Kansas in the north to Florida and Texas in the south. It is known for a sting so painful that it earned the nickname cow killer.1

Ina wuuri e
Eastern United States, from Connecticut to Kansas in the north and Florida to Texas in the south1
Amerik Rewo
Juuteendi
1,9 cm (0,7 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
The young are parasites. A female lays an egg on a host larva, and the grub that hatches eats the host larva.1
Goonga!Natal Cow killer velvet ant
Cow killer velvet ant. Natal: Judy Gallagher. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Black overall, with bright red on the upper side of the head, thorax and abdomen.1
  • Females have no wings. Males have dark, translucent wings and no stinger.1
  • Adults reach about 1.9 cm long, the largest velvet ant in the eastern United States.1
  • Quick-moving, and often takes a defensive posture when threatened.1
  • Adults are mostly seen in the summer months.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It is often mistaken for an ant because of its appearance and its common name. It is actually a wasp, and only the males have wings.1

Doole tooke

Jukkugol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira jukkirgal.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its sting is among the most painful of any insect, ranked 3 out of 4 on the Schmidt sting pain index. The venom contains a peptide called Do6a, which triggers a pain response in fruit fly larvae in laboratory studies.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The sting is extremely painful, ranked 3 out of 4 on the Schmidt sting pain index. This is the reason for the nickname cow killer.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

It has a thickened exoskeleton, runs fast and evasively, shows warning colours, makes a squeaking sound by rubbing its abdominal segments together, releases a chemical secretion and uses its venom.1

So ina jukka

  • Ittu jukkirgal ñaaki ngal e ñiggude, ɓuuɓnu nokku oo.
  • So neɗɗo oo ina tampa e foofaade, yeeso walla daande mum ina ufoo, walla ina yiɗi yanaade, ɗum ko urgence allergi: noddu nimero urgence, huutoro stylo adrénaline mum so tawii ina jogii.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto jukkii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Cow killer velvet ant hedde 1,9 cm juutde (0,7 in)Ɓiyngel maaro gooto hedde 7 mm (0,3 in)Pees 1 oro hedde 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ɓuri hondu maa tokooso rabbaɗde

Hol no Cow killer velvet ant mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Both sexes squeak to warn predators. Velvet ants rub their abdominal segments together, while crickets rub their legs against their abdomen.1

2

North American velvet ant species form one of the most intricate mimicry rings in the natural world, split into eight separate rings of mimicry.1

3

Males find females by smelling pheromones and by following their squeaking sounds. They carry the female in their jaws to a shaded, safe spot to mate.1

4

Females are wingless, a feature shared by all females in the family Mutillidae.1

5

Females are believed to mate only once in their lifetime.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: It is an ant because it looks like one and has the name ant.

Goonga: It is a parasitoid wasp. It is only commonly mistaken for an ant.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Fedde
Ñaaki, ɗuggi e ɗuggi mawɗi
Ɓesngu
Mutillidae2
Ordre
Hymenoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Rewo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
A female lays a single egg onto a host larva, such as one of the eastern cicada killer or horse guard wasp, and the grub that hatches eats the host larva.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Dasymutilla occidentalis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dasymutilla occidentalis (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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