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Bald-faced hornet

Dolichovespula maculata
Ku linnya: "Bald" comes from "piebald", a word for a black and white pattern, which refers to the white markings on its face.1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene KibojjaKirya: Katono ku buli kimu
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The bald-faced hornet is a wasp with a striking black and white body and a white face. It builds large, hanging paper nests in trees and bushes across North America. Its workers will defend the nest by stinging repeatedly, so it is important to keep well away from its nests.1

Kibeera mu
North America, including Canada, the Rocky Mountains, the western coast of the US and most of the eastern US. Most common in the Southeastern US.1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It lives in forested areas and in vegetation in towns and cities. Nests are usually in trees and bushes, but sometimes under rock overhangs or on the sides of buildings, from 0.3 m to 20 m above the ground. People meet it when they walk too close to a nest or when a nest is built near homes.1
Obuwanvu
1,9 cm (0,7 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 26 km/h (16 mph)
Kibuuka, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
Adults hunt flies, caterpillars, spiders and other insects, which they chew up and feed to the larvae. They also drink flower nectar, eat fruit such as apples, and have been known to scavenge raw meat.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Bald-faced hornet
Bald-faced hornet. Ekifaananyi: Amy Schnebelin. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Black and white colouring, unlike other yellowjackets of its genus, which are mostly black and yellow1
  • A white or "bald" face1
  • Three white stripes at the end of the body1
  • Adults average about 19 mm long, larger than other Dolichovespula species1
  • A large, egg-shaped, grey paper nest that hangs from trees or bushes, up to 58 cm long1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Other Dolichovespula wasps are mostly black and yellow. The bald-faced hornet's black and white colouring and white face set it apart. It is not one of the true hornets, which belong to the genus Vespa.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Workers can squirt venom from the stinger into the eyes of animals that intrude on the nest. The venom makes the eyes water immediately and causes temporary blindness.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

It is aggressive when defending its nest. Workers sting repeatedly, and colonies can have 400 to 700 workers. The risk is highest when people walk too close to a nest or when a nest is built near homes.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Workers defend the nest by stinging repeatedly and can squirt venom into the eyes of intruders.1

Bwe kibojja

  • Kalakata oggyemu eriggwa ly'enjuki era onyogoze ekifo.
  • Omuntu bw'aba nga tassa bulungi, ng'azimbye mu maaso oba mu mumiro, oba ng'awulira ng'agenda kuzirika, buno bubenje bwa alergy obw'amangu: kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze era kozesa empiso ye eya adrenaline (adrenaline pen) bw'aba nga agirina.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Bald-faced hornet kiwanvu nga 1,9 cm (0,7 in)Empeke y'omuceere nga 7 mm (0,3 in)Ekinusu kya yuro 1 nga 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
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Ebituufu

1

It can spray venom from its stinger into the eyes of nest intruders, causing temporary blindness.1

2

Its colony can have 400 to 700 workers, the largest recorded colony size in its genus, Dolichovespula.1

3

Female bee moths can lay eggs in its nests, and the hatched larvae feed on the eggs, larvae and pupae inside, sometimes destroying large parts of the nest.1

4

Its nests are made from chewed wood fibres mixed with saliva, which dries into a papery structure.1

5

A colony lasts about 4 months in Washington, from mid-May to mid-September. Colonies in lower latitudes last longer.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It is a true hornet.

Amazima: It is a yellowjacket wasp. True hornets belong to the genus Vespa.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Dolichovespula maculata
Ekibinja
Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene
Amaka
Vespidae2
Ensengeka
Hymenoptera
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Abaana abawere
A single queen starts each new nest in spring, laying eggs that hatch into workers, and later lays eggs that become males and new queens.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Dolichovespula maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dolichovespula maculata (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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