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Thistledown velvet ant

Dasymutilla gloriosa
Naanị na-afụ ụfụỌ na-afụ ụfụ, mana ọ gaghị emerụ gị ahụ nke ukwuu.
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

The thistledown velvet ant is a mid-sized member of the Dasymutilla genus, a group known as velvet ants. Its females have no wings and live in hot deserts in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. Females can deliver a very painful sting, so it is best to leave them alone.1

Ebe obibi
Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and south into Mexico1
Ugwu Amerika
Ụlọ
Hot desert areas, where it lives alongside Creosotebush plants.1
Ogologo
1.5 cm (0.6 in)3
nha okenye nkịtị
Ọsọ kacha elu
ihe dị ka 0.5 km/h (0.31 mph)
N'elu ala, nchepụta
N'ezie!Foto Thistledown velvet ant
Thistledown velvet ant. Foto: (c) Xochitl Zambrano, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

  • Only the females are wingless.1
  • It is mid-sized for a velvet ant, larger than some of the smallest species but smaller than some of the largest.1
  • Females are camouflaged. They look like the fruit of the Creosotebush rather than having the bright warning colours seen in many other velvet ants.1

A na-agwakọkarị ya na: Unlike the orange Dasymutilla species found in the same habitat, this species does not use bright orange or warning colours. Its camouflage helps it blend into the desert plants around it.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.

Females can deliver a very painful sting when threatened. Its sting is more powerful than those of most smaller velvet ants, but weaker than those of most larger ones.1

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

Females use their sting to defend themselves when threatened.1

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?

Thistledown velvet ant ogologo ya dị ihe dị ka 1.5 cm (0.6 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 mkpụmkpụ karịa obere mkpịsị aka gị

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ọ dị mma ịmara

Eziokwu

1

Its females are camouflaged to look like Creosotebush fruit, instead of using the bright warning colours common to other velvet ants.1

2

Its colouring seems to be mainly an adaptation to hot desert conditions, not a defence against predators.1

3

Its internal and external body temperatures are lower than those of orange Dasymutilla species living in the same habitat.1

4

Its sting is stronger than those of most smaller velvet ants, but weaker than those of most larger ones.1

5

Like other velvet ants, only the wingless females have the sting used for defence.1

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị
Dasymutilla gloriosa
Otu
Aṅụ, ebu na ebu ukwu
Ezinụlọ
Mutillidae2
Usoro
Hymenoptera
Kọntinent dị iche iche
Ugwu Amerika
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

  1. Dasymutilla gloriosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dasymutilla gloriosa (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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