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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

Gbasara aha ya: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1

Naanị na-afụ ụfụỌ na-afụ ụfụ, mana ọ gaghị emerụ gị ahụ nke ukwuu.

Arụrụ

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Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

Ebe obibi

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

Afrịka

Ụlọ

Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1

Ogologo

5 mm ruo 2.5 cm (0.2 in ruo 1 in)1

Ọsọ kacha elu

ihe dị ka 0.27 km/h (0.17 mph)

N'elu ala, nchepụta

Gịnị ka ọ na-eri?

They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1

Foto Matabele ant — Matabele ant. Foto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.1

Ike nsị

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Nsị na-esi na ndụdụ ya apụta.

Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.1

Ọ bụrụ na ọ gbaa

Saa ebe ọ gbara, mee ka ha jụọ oyi.
Ọ bụrụ na o siri onye ahụ ike iku ume, ihu ya ma ọ bụ akpịrị ya na-aza, ma ọ bụ na ọ dị ya ka ọ ga-ada mbà, ọ bụ mberede allergy: kpọọ nọmba mberede gị.

Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ

Nọrọ na nchekwa

Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
Ọ bụrụ na otu gbaa gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.

Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa

Ebee n'ụwa?

Afrịka Eshia Yurop Ugwu Amerika Ndịda Amerika Ọstrelia na Oshenia

Ọ hà aṅaa?

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Kedu otú Matabele ant si hà ma e jiri ya tụnyere GỊ?

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Ejula ubi ihe dị ka 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

Matabele ant ihe dị ka 0.27 km/h (0.17 mph)

Mbe ihe dị ka 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

ọ dị mma ịmara

Eziokwu

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị: Megaponera analis
Otu: Arụrụ
Ezinụlọ: Formicidae2
Usoro: Hymenoptera
Kọntinent dị iche iche: Afrịka
Ụmụ ọhụrụ: The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: 2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

Megaponera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Megaponera analis (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
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