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Natal Samsum ant
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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis
Ko faati e innde ndee: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Furmiiji JukkugolIna ñaama: Seeɗa e kala huunde
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

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 wuuri 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
Afrik, Aazi
Hello arano
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
Juuteendi
5 mm haa 6 mm (0,2 in haa 0,2 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal 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!Natal Samsum ant
Samsum ant. Natal: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • 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

Jukkugol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira jukkirgal.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

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

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

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 ngal waɗata so ina hula?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.1

So ina jukka

  • Loot nokkuuje jukkaaɗe ɗee, ɓuuɓnu ɗe.
  • So neɗɗo oo ina tampa e foofaade, yeeso walla daande mum ina ufoo, walla ina yiɗi yanaade, ɗum ko urgence allergi: noddu nimero urgence.

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?

Samsum ant hedde 6 mm juutde (0,2 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 maa

Hol no Samsum ant mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

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
Furmiiji
Ɓesngu
Formicidae2
Ordre
Hymenoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Afrik, Aazi
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachyponera sennaarensis (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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