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Thistledown velvet ant

Dasymutilla gloriosa
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

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

Kibeera mu
Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and south into Mexico1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
Hot desert areas, where it lives alongside Creosotebush plants.1
Obuwanvu
1,5 cm (0,6 in)3
obunene obwa bulijjo obw'ensolo enkulu
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Thistledown velvet ant
Thistledown velvet ant. Ekifaananyi: (c) Xochitl Zambrano, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • 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

Kitera okutabulwa ne: 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

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.

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

Females use their sting to defend themselves when threatened.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?

Thistledown velvet ant kiwanvu nga 1,5 cm (0,6 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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Thistledown velvet ant kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Dasymutilla gloriosa
Ekibinja
Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene
Amaka
Mutillidae2
Ensengeka
Hymenoptera
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

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