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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Gbasara aha ya: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
Naanị na-afụ ụfụỌ na-afụ ụfụ, mana ọ gaghị emerụ gị ahụ nke ukwuu.
Aṅụ, ebu na ebu ukwu ỊgbaNri ya: Ụmụ ahụhụ
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

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

Ebe obibi
From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
Ugwu Amerika
Ụlọ
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
Ogologo
7 mm ruo 9 mm (0.3 in ruo 0.4 in)1
Ọsọ kacha elu
ihe dị ka 20 km/h (12 mph)
Ọ na-efe efe, nchepụta
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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
N'ezie!Foto Mexican honey wasp
Mexican honey wasp. Foto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

  • 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

A na-agwakọkarị ya na: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.1

Ike nsị

Ịgba

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.

Ọ bụrụ na ọ gbaa

  • Kọpụta ndụdụ aṅụ ahụ hapụrụ, mee ka ebe ahụ 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, jirikwa adrenaline pen ya (adrenaline auto-injector) ma ọ bụrụ na o nwere otu.

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

Ọ hà aṅaa?

Kedu otú o si dị ogologo?

Mexican honey wasp ogologo ya dị ihe dị ka 9 mm (0.4 in)Otu mkpụrụ osikapa ihe dị ka 7 mm (0.3 in)Mkpụrụ ego otu euro ihe dị ka 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
dị obere nke na ọ nwere ike ịnọdụ n'elu mbọ aka gịnwere ike ife gafee ọdụ egwuregwu bọọlụ dum n'ime sekọnd 19

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ọ dị mma ịmara

Eziokwu

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

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị
Brachygastra mellifica
Otu
Aṅụ, ebu na ebu ukwu
Ezinụlọ
Vespidae2
Usoro
Hymenoptera
Kọntinent dị iche iche
Ugwu Amerika
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

  1. Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachygastra mellifica (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.

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