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Eastern cicada killer

Sphecius speciosus
Ko faati e innde ndee: It is named for its habit of hunting cicadas, which it uses to feed its young.1
Alaa boneAlaa bone e yimɓe. Alaa ko haanaa hulude.
Ñaaki, ɗuggi e ɗuggi mawɗi JukkugolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: HoyɗoNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗude. Ko ɓuri heewde alaa bone e yimɓe.

The eastern cicada killer is a large wasp that hunts cicadas, the loud insects that buzz in summer trees. It lives in the Eastern and Midwest United States and further south into Mexico and Central America. Females are not aggressive and rarely sting, so the sight of them flying over lawns is usually harmless.1

Ina wuuri e
Eastern and Midwest United States, south into Mexico and Central America1
Amerik Rewo
Hello arano
It digs nests in well-drained, sandy to loose clay soil, such as bare or grassy banks, berms and hills. People often meet it next to raised sidewalks, driveways and patio slabs, and in planters, window boxes, flower beds or under shrubs in full sun.1
Juuteendi
1,5 cm haa 5 cm (0,6 in haa 2 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 39 km/h (24 mph)
Ina diwa, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
Females catch cicadas and paralyse them with a sting, then carry them to their burrows as food for their young. Adults also feed on flower nectar and plant sap.1
Goonga!Natal Eastern cicada killer
Eastern cicada killer. Natal: Judy Gallagher. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Large, at 1.5 to 5.0 cm long1
  • Hairy thorax with reddish and black areas1
  • Black to reddish brown abdomen marked with light yellow stripes1
  • Brownish wings1
  • Females are somewhat larger than males1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: Its colours resemble some yellowjacket and hornet species, and European hornets are often mistaken for it. European hornets are about 3.5 cm long, so they are smaller than the largest cicada killers.1

Doole tooke

Jukkugol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira jukkirgal.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

The female's sting paralyses cicadas so that they can be stored as food for the young.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: HoyɗoNo jukkugol ñaaki walla ko ɓuri famɗude. Ko ɓuri heewde alaa bone e yimɓe.

Females are not aggressive and rarely sting unless they are grasped roughly, stepped on with bare feet, or caught in clothing. One author who was stung said the sting felt like not much more than a pinprick. Males cannot sting.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

Females sting only if handled roughly. Males may jab with a sharp spine on the tip of the abdomen if handled roughly, but they usually fly away when swatted at.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?

Eastern cicada killer hedde 5 cm juutde (2 in)Ñippirde kaayitaaje hedde 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon mo smart hedde 15 cm (5,9 in)
ɓuri hondu maa tokooso rabbaɗdeina waawi diwde taƴde nokku ball timmuɗo e segonde 9,7

Hol no Eastern cicada killer mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

A female often carries a cicada up into a tree before flying to her burrow, because the cicada can weigh more than twice as much as she does.1

2

Males are seen in groups and may lock together in midair combat until one breaks away.1

3

Cicada killers may help trees by reducing the number of cicadas that feed on them.1

4

The parasitic velvet ant wasp, also called the cow-killer wasp, often lays its egg in cicada killer nest cells.1

5

A single burrow may eventually have 10 or more nest cells.1

Feññinoowo fenaande

Fenaande: Male cicada killers are dangerous and will sting people.

Goonga: Males only grapple with other insects and cannot sting. They investigate things that move near them because they are looking for females.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Sphecius speciosus
Fedde
Ñaaki, ɗuggi e ɗuggi mawɗi
Ɓesngu
Crabronidae2
Ordre
Hymenoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Rewo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Each female lays one egg on a cicada inside a nest cell, and the egg hatches in one or two days. Males receive one cicada per egg and females receive two or sometimes three.1
Bone e yimɓe
1 / 5: Hoyɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Sphecius speciosus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Sphecius speciosus (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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