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Natal Mexican honey wasp
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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Ko faati e innde ndee: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ñaaki, ɗuggi e ɗuggi mawɗi JukkugolIna ñaama: Ɓuuɓuuli
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

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

Ina wuuri e
From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
Amerik Rewo
Hello arano
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
Juuteendi
7 mm haa 9 mm (0,3 in haa 0,4 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 20 km/h (12 mph)
Ina diwa, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
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
Goonga!Natal Mexican honey wasp
Mexican honey wasp. Natal: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • 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

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.1

Doole tooke

Jukkugol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira jukkirgal.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

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?

Mexican honey wasp hedde 9 mm juutde (0,4 in)Ɓiyngel maaro gooto hedde 7 mm (0,3 in)Pees 1 oro hedde 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
tokooso haa ina waawi jooɗaade e dow ceŋol hondu maaina waawi diwde taƴde nokku ball timmuɗo e segonde 19

Hol no Mexican honey wasp mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

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

5

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

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Brachygastra mellifica
Fedde
Ñaaki, ɗuggi e ɗuggi mawɗi
Ɓesngu
Vespidae2
Ordre
Hymenoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Rewo
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

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