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Trap-jaw ant

Odontomachus bauri
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ensanafu KibojjaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Trap-jaw ants are small ants with jaws that snap shut faster than almost anything else in the animal kingdom. They live in tropical places from southern Costa Rica to South America and the Galapagos Islands, and they are one of the most common ants around homes and gardens in southern Brazil.1

Kibeera mu
Southern Costa Rica, tropical South America, the West Indies (except Cuba and the Bahamas), the Galapagos Islands and northern Mexico1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Awaka
They are most often found in lowland areas, usually in tropical rainforests, though they tolerate dry conditions better than many related species. In gardens they nest under rocks, plant containers and vegetable residues, so people can meet them around homes.1
Obuwanvu
1,2 cm (0,5 in)3
obunene obwa bulijjo obw'ensolo enkulu
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is a generalist predator that usually spends its time below leaf litter. It catches prey such as worms, spiders, termites, ants, butterflies, flies and beetles, with its jaws stinging and paralysing prey or crushing it to death.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Trap-jaw ant
Trap-jaw ant. Ekifaananyi: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Its main feature is its dark brown colour.1
  • The head is 2.09–3.12 mm long.1
  • It has hairs on the first gastral tergum (a plate on the upper back of the abdomen), which stand up partly and are fairly even in length.1
  • Seen from the side, the petiolar node (a small segment between the body parts) is dome-shaped.1
  • Its mandibles (jaws) can open to about 180°.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its venom is thought to be mainly protein-based. The sting also releases a mixture of formic acid and protein, which may be highly toxic. In people, a sting usually causes burning at the site that fades within about an hour. Some people have a strong allergic reaction, with red, itchy, swollen patches on the skin and swollen eyelids.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

Its bites are not severe for humans, but they can cause an allergic reaction. One case described a young girl with a strong reaction that lasted about a week. Such reactions were noted in about 16% of ant bites.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When its nest is disturbed, many workers make escape jumps, and if one lands on the intruder, workers start stinging it.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

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Trap-jaw ant kiwanvu nga 1,2 cm (0,5 in)Empeke y'omuceere nga 7 mm (0,3 in)Ekinusu kya yuro 1 nga 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
kitono nnyo nti kisobola okutuula ku lwala lwo

Trap-jaw ant kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Its jaws can close within about 130 microseconds on average, roughly 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye.1

2

It can jump more than 20 times its body length in a single jaw-propelled leap.1

3

Its jaws can exert a peak force of about 300 times its own body weight.1

4

During an escape jump, it can launch itself about 7 cm off the ground and grab onto nearby plants.1

5

Its jaws have the second-fastest predatory movement in the animal kingdom, after the dracula ant.1

6

Its nests are usually small, with fewer than about 200 ants, and neighbouring nests do not fight when they are close together but are aggressive toward each other when more than 10 m apart.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Trap-jaw ants sting in the same way as bees.

Amazima: They do not have stingers like bees. Their stings are retractable and not barbed, so they can be used again.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Odontomachus bauri
Ekibinja
Ensanafu
Amaka
Formicidae2
Ensengeka
Hymenoptera
Ssemazinga
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono, Amerika ey'Obukiikaddyo
Abaana abawere
The larvae go through three larval stages before moulting, and they do not spin a cocoon.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Odontomachus bauri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Odontomachus bauri (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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