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Giant water bug

Lethocerus americanus
Na ntina ya kombo: Its nicknames come from its habits: 'toe biter' for its painful bite and 'electric light bug' for being drawn to lights at night.1
Epesaka kaka pasiEpesaka pasi, kasi ekosala yo mabe monene te.
Ba mbinzo & ba insecte KosuaElyaka: Mosuni
Likama mpo na bato: Epesaka pasiEkoki kopesa pasi mingi, kasi pene na ntango nyonso ezalaka likambo monene te.

The giant water bug is a large, flat-bodied insect that lives in ponds, marshes and slow streams. It hunts other animals, including small fish and frogs, and it can give a painful bite if handled. It is found in southern Canada and the United States.1

Ezalaka na
Southern Canada and the United States, north of 35°N. Other Lethocerus species live further south.1
Amerika ya Nord
Ebandeli
It lives in ponds, marshes, and on the edges of lakes and slow-moving streams and creeks. Adults may fly at night and be attracted to electric lights.1
Molai
5 cm kino 6 cm (2 in kino 2,4 in)1
Mbangu ya likolo
pene na 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)
Kobeta mai, kokanisa ya pene
Elyaka nini?
Adults and young eat other insects, small crustaceans such as crabs and crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, snails and small fish. It grabs prey with its front legs and injects digestive toxins through a retractable proboscis like a mosquito's. Several bugs have been seen hunting and sharing the same prey.1
Solo solo!Foto ya Giant water bug
Giant water bug. Foto: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ndenge ya koyeba yango

  • Adults are about 5–6 cm long.1
  • It has natural camouflage that helps it hide in the water.1
  • It swims using its hind legs.1
  • Its front pair of legs is used to grab and hold prey.1

Bakosanaka yango mbala mingi na: It is often confused with Benacus griseus, which can be told apart by grooves on its front femora (the thick upper parts of the front legs) that fit the tibiae when folded. It is very similar to L. uhleri.1

Makasi ya venin

Kosua

Venin ebimaka na nzela ya mino na yango ntango esui.

Venin na yango esalaka nini?

The bug injects digestive toxins into its prey through its proboscis. It lets the prey digest for 10–15 minutes before it eats.1

Likama na yango mpo na bato ezali boni?

Likama mpo na bato: Epesaka pasiEkoki kopesa pasi mingi, kasi pene na ntango nyonso ezalaka likambo monene te.

A bite is painful and may happen if the bug is handled or disturbed. It prefers to avoid people rather than confront them.1

Esalaka nini ntango ebangi?

When disturbed, it first tries to escape or play dead, then raises its front legs and hind end in a fighting stance, and may latch on and bite.1

Soki esui

  • Mpo na nsuki ya mbinzo oyo etubaka: longola yango na scotch, sima sukola loposo. Kofrotter loposo te.
  • Mpo na kosuama: sukola mpe pesa malili. Luka lisalisi ya monganga soki moto ayoki nzoto malamu te to soki makila ezali kobima ye pete.

Benga ntango nyonso nimero ya urgence liboso (112, 000, 911). Oyo ezali toli ya lisalisi ya liboso, ezali toli ya monganga te. Makambo ya moboko ya lisalisi ya liboso

Zala na libateli

  • Ata mokolo moko te, simba, kanga to silikisa nyama ya zamba te, ata ya moke, mpe ata soki emonani lokola elali to ekufi.
  • Tika yango esika. Soki okutani na moko, zala kimia, zonga sima malembe mpe tika ekende nzela na yango.
  • Soki moko esui yo: zala kimia, ningana te, benga nimero ya urgence na yo (112, 000, 911) to kende na lopitalo noki. Kanisa ndenge ezalaki, foto esalisaka.

Ezali koluka yo te. Esalelaka venin na yango mpo na kokanga bilei to komibatela, mpe elingaka mingi kobombama. Makambo mosusu mpo na komibatela

Monene na yango boni?

Molai na yango boni?

Giant water bug molai pene na 6 cm (2,4 in)Trombone pene na 3 cm (1,2 in)Smartphone pene na 15 cm (5,9 in)
molai lokola ba brique ya masano 2 na molongo

Giant water bug azali monene boni soki tokokanisi na YO?

Kaka ba calcul na navigateur na yo. Eloko moko te ebombamaka to etindamaka esika moko.

Mbangu na yango boni?

malamu koyeba

Makambo ya solo

1

It breathes air trapped under its wings, using two snorkel-like tubes at the back of its abdomen.1

2

Several bugs may hunt together and share the same prey.1

3

Few young survive to adulthood, because adults eat other nymphs and other predators also hunt them.1

4

It can be attracted to electric lights while flying at night, which gives it the name electric light bug.1

5

Adults survive winter by burrowing under mud and leaf litter.1

Solo to lokuta?

Lokuta: It is a 'toe biter' that goes looking for people to bite.

Solo: It prefers to avoid humans. It bites mainly when it is handled or disturbed.1

Mpo na ba expert ya venin

Kombo ya siansi
Lethocerus americanus
Ebota
Ba mbinzo & ba insecte
Libota
Belostomatidae2
Molongo
Hemiptera
Bakontina
Amerika ya Nord
Bana
Eggs are laid on plants at the water's edge and may be guarded by an adult. Nymphs hatch about two weeks later, and a female may lay about 150 or more eggs in her lifetime.1
Likama mpo na bato
2 / 5: Epesaka pasi3

Esika makambo euti

  1. Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): bankombo mpe classification.
  3. Venom Wiki: niveau ya likama, monene ya momesano mpe kokanisa ya mbangu ezali ya biso moko. Tala ndenge tolukaka yango: Ndenge tomekaka likama.

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