Venom Wiki
Natal Red-spotted assassin bug
No. 1064 e 1 402

Red-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris rhadamanthus
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The red-spotted assassin bug is a true bug with a black body and orange or red spots on its wings. It lives in open areas across southern and eastern Africa. It is venomous, and its sting is painful, similar to a hornet's.1

Ina wuuri e
Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zanzibar1
Afrik
Hello arano
It prefers open areas with only a small amount of tree cover. The orange colour form has been kept as a pet.1
Juuteendi
3,8 cm haa 4 cm (1,5 in haa 1,6 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is a nocturnal predator that feeds on small invertebrates, mainly rhinoceros beetles. It uses its needle-like mouthparts to suck the juices out of its prey.1
Goonga!Natal Red-spotted assassin bug
Red-spotted assassin bug. Natal: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Body is black with orange or red spots on the front part of the wings.1
  • Legs are covered with short hair, and each thigh (femur) has a red band across it.1
  • Adults reach about 3.8 to 4 cm long.1
  • Orange and red colour forms look different but share the same body features.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: The orange colour form was once sold in the pet trade as Platymeris sp. "Mombo". It is now known to be a colour form of this same species, not a separate animal.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

It is a venomous animal that injects venom when it stings. Its sting causes pain comparable to that of a hornet.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

Its sting is painful, comparable to that of a hornet.1

So ina ŋata

  • Ngam leɓɓe ngooɓuuli jukkooje: ittu ɗe e skots ɓataaɗo, refti loot nguru ngu. Wota a moomtu.
  • Ngam ŋatgol: loot nokku oo, ɓuuɓnu. Heɓ ballal cafrol so neɗɗo oo ina wiya wonaa e jam, walla ina ƴiiɗa ko newii.

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 ŋatii 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?

Red-spotted assassin bug hedde 4 cm juutde (1,6 in)Ñippirde kaayitaaje hedde 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon mo smart hedde 15 cm (5,9 in)
hedde juutde no ñippirde kaayitaaje

Hol no Red-spotted assassin bug mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Rhinoceros beetles are its main prey, though it also eats other small invertebrates.1

2

Its mouthparts are needle-like, designed for sucking juices out of other insects.1

3

It is a nocturnal predator, so it hunts mainly at night.1

4

The orange and red colour forms are the same species, with the same body features, including the male and female genitalia.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Platymeris rhadamanthus
Fedde
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli
Ɓesngu
Reduviidae2
Ordre
Hemiptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Platymeris rhadamanthus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Platymeris rhadamanthus (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.

Kala humpito e ngoo hello ina jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. So men juumii, yaafo, men ko yiɗɓe kulle, wonaa jaaynde ganndal. Wiy men e [email protected], men feewnita.

Yaare nden ina weelaa! Venom Wiki ko golle neɗɗo gooto: yoɓetaake, alaa ko jeeyetee, alaa rewɓe. Ndokkal seeɗa ina walla ngam heddude e enternet.Ñaam yaare nden

Goɗɗe e nder fedde wootere: Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli

Ina wuuri kadi e: Afrik

Ñaam yaare ndenkaas ndokkal, ina reena ɗum yoɓetaake