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White-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris biguttatus
Ku linnya: It is named for the two large white spots on its wings.1
Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebisaanyi n'ebiwuka KirumaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The white-spotted assassin bug is a venomous true bug from tropical Africa. It hunts insects and other small creatures, and it can give a bite that is more painful than a bee sting. It lives in damp tropical forests, often in hollow tree stumps and rotting logs.1

Kibeera mu
Tropical Africa, from Senegal in the west to Mozambique in the south-east1
Afirika
Awaka
It lives in humid tropical forest, particularly in hollow tree stumps and decaying logs.1
Obuwanvu
1 cm okutuuka ku 4 cm (0,4 in okutuuka ku 1,6 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)
Ku lukalu, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It hunts cockroaches, crickets, flies, darkling beetles and caterpillars. It pierces the prey's outer shell, injects saliva that liquefies the tissues inside, and then sucks out the digested fluids.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya White-spotted assassin bug
White-spotted assassin bug. Ekifaananyi: Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Two large white spots on the wings give it its common names.1
  • Adults measure 10 to 40 mm.1
  • It has needle-like mouthparts with sharp stylets that it uses to pierce its prey.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kiruma

Obusagwa buyita mu mannyo gaakyo amawanvu (fangs) oba mu mannyo amalala nga kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its saliva is injected into prey, where it turns the prey's tissues to liquid so the bug can drink them. It can also spit venom, which can cause temporary blindness in humans.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

If disturbed, it can deliver a defensive bite that is more painful than a bee sting. Its spitting venom can cause temporary blindness.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When disturbed, it may bite, or spit venom.1

Bwe kiruma

  • Ku byoya by'ebisaanyi ebibojja: bijjeeko ne tteepu ekwata, oluvannyuma naaza olususu. Tokolokota.
  • Ku kulumwa: naaza era nyogoza. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo singa omuntu awulira bubi oba omusaayi gumuvaamu mangu.

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 ekuluma: 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?

White-spotted assassin bug kiwanvu nga 4 cm (1,6 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
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Ebituufu

1

It hunts a wide range of insects, including cockroaches, flies and caterpillars.1

2

It has needle-like mouthparts, built for sucking fluids rather than chewing.1

3

It does not go through metamorphosis, so young nymphs look like small adults.1

4

It takes six to nine weeks to develop from egg to adult.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: Females can breed without mating, through parthenogenesis.

Amazima: This was once thought to be true but has recently been shown not to be. Unmated females lay eggs, but the eggs are infertile.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Platymeris biguttatus
Ekibinja
Ebisaanyi n'ebiwuka
Amaka
Reduviidae2
Ensengeka
Hemiptera
Ssemazinga
Afirika
Abaana abawere
Unmated females lay eggs, but these eggs are infertile. Hatchlings are called nymphs, and they look like small adults.1
Obuwangaazi
nga emyaka 21
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Platymeris biguttatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Platymeris biguttatus (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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