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European fire ant

Myrmica rubra

Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.

KibojjaKirya: Katono ku buli kimu

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

The European fire ant is a small red ant that lives across much of Europe and Asia, and has spread to parts of North America. It nests under stones, under fallen trees and in soil, including in meadows and gardens. It is worth knowing about because it will defend its nest aggressively and has a stinger.1

Kibeera mu

Europe, from Portugal to East Siberia and northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone; introduced to parts of North America1

Bulaaya, Asiya

Awaka

Lives under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. It is very common in meadows and gardens in Europe and the UK, so people often meet it there.1

Obuwanvu

3,5 mm okutuuka ku 7 mm (0,1 in okutuuka ku 0,3 in)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

Feeds on honeydew produced by aphids and on many kinds of insects and other small invertebrates. It also eats pollen, which is rarely recorded in ants of the temperate zone. Workers search the area around the nest for plant and animal food.1

Ekifaananyi kya European fire ant — European fire ant. Ekifaananyi: Even Dankowicz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Mainly red in colour, with a slightly darker head1
Workers are yellowish brown, 3.5 to 5.5 mm long1
Smooth, shiny frontal triangle on the head1
Queens are a little larger, 5.5 to 7.0 mm long, with a larger thorax1
Males have a darker body than queens and workers1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Very similar to M. ruginodis. M. rubra is common in southern England and becomes rarer further north, whereas M. ruginodis is common all over the UK, including northern Scotland.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

These ants are aggressive. They often attack rather than run away, and will attack any creature that disturbs their nest. They are less aggressive than the red imported fire ant.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Attacks any creature that disturbs its nest, rather than running away.1

Bwe kibojja

Naaza era onyogoze ebifo ebibojjeddwa.
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.

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

Wa mu nsi?

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Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

kitono nnyo nti kisobola okutuula ku lwala lwo

European fire ant kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

Ekkovu ly'omu nnimiro nga 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

European fire ant nga 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Enfuddu nga 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

Colonies can have up to one hundred queens in a single nest.1

Queens can live up to fifteen years.1

Workers pick up dead nest-mates and carry them up to 3 metres away from the nest.1

The larvae of the Alcon blue and scarce large blue butterflies use this ant as their main host.1

Nuptial flights in Europe usually take place from late July to mid-August, when hundreds of young queens and males fly to mate. The males die afterwards, and the queens shed their wings to start new colonies.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: The smaller queens, once thought to be a separate social parasite called M. microrubra, are a different species.

Amazima: More recent DNA analysis shows they share a gene pool with the regular queens, so they are not a different species. They are a smaller queen caste (microgynes) that can also found their own colonies.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Myrmica rubra
Ekibinja: Ensanafu
Amaka: Formicidae2
Ensengeka: Hymenoptera
Ssemazinga: Bulaaya, Asiya
Abaana abawere: Queens gather together after their nuptial flight, form a nest and lay their eggs in it.1
Obuwangaazi: nga emyaka 151
Akabi eri abantu: 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

Myrmica rubra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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