No. 1032 daripada 1 402

Dinosaur ant

Nothomyrmecia macrops

Tidak berbahayaTidak berbahaya kepada manusia. Tiada apa yang perlu dirisaukan.

SengatanMakan: Sedikit semuanya

Bahaya kepada manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau kurang. Boleh dikatakan tidak berbahaya kepada manusia.

The dinosaur ant is one of the rarest ants in the world. It is the only species in its genus and lives in woodland in South Australia. Scientists call it a 'living fossil' because its body is so old-fashioned.1

Hidup di

South Australia, Australia, in mallee and Eucalyptus woodland. Its full range is unknown.1

Australia & Oceania

Laman utama

It nests in old-growth mallee woodland and Eucalyptus woodland. Colonies are very small, with only 50 to 100 individuals in each nest. Pictures of the ant are stencilled on the streets of Poochera, the town where it was rediscovered.1

Panjang

9.7 mm hingga 1.1 cm (0.4 in hingga 0.4 in)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 0.18 km/j (0.11 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

Workers collect arthropod prey and sweet substances such as honeydew from scale insects and other Hemiptera. They forage alone at night and use their vision to find food.1

Gambar Dinosaur ant — Dinosaur ant. Gambar: CSIRO. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Medium-sized ant, 9.7 to 11 mm long.1
Mandibles (jaws), clypeus (part of the 'face'), antennae and legs are pale yellow.1
Body hairs are yellow, long and abundant on the body, and shorter on the antennae and legs.1
Workers are strictly nocturnal, active mainly at night, and forage alone.1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: It shows similar features to Myrmecia and somewhat resembles weaver ants (Oecophylla). The fourth abdominal segment of Myrmecia is tubulate (tube-shaped), but in the dinosaur ant it is non-tubulated, which helps separate the two.1

Kuasa bisa

Sengatan

Bisa keluar melalui penyengat.

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau kurang. Boleh dikatakan tidak berbahaya kepada manusia.

It has a long, retractable sting at the rear of the abdomen, which can give people a painful sting.1

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

It uses its retractable sting when threatened, and workers release chemical alarm signals.1

Jika ia menyengat

Basuh dan sejukkan sengatan.
Jika orang itu sukar bernafas, muka atau tekak membengkak, atau rasa nak pengsan, ini kecemasan alahan: hubungi nombor kecemasan.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menyengat kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

cukup kecil untuk duduk di atas kuku kamu

Berapa besar Dinosaur ant berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Siput taman kira-kira 0.05 km/j (0.03 mph)

Dinosaur ant kira-kira 0.18 km/j (0.11 mph)

Kura-kura darat kira-kira 0.3 km/j (0.19 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Scientists regard it as the most plesiomorphic (old-fashioned) ant alive, and it is called a 'living fossil'.1

Poochera is perhaps the only town in the world that relies on ant-based tourism.1

After its first collection in 1931, it was not seen again until 1977, when it was found about 1,300 km from the original site.1

It is the only known ant species with both a sting and a 'waist', meaning it has no postpetiole between the first and second gastral segments.1

Queens have non-functional, stubby wings, while male wings are long and fully developed.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Nothomyrmecia macrops
Kumpulan: Semut
Keluarga: Formicidae2
Susunan: Hymenoptera
Benua-benua: Australia & Oceania
Anak: The queen mates with one or more males, then hunts for food while the brood develops. Eggs are subspherical and non-adhesive. Two queens may found a colony together, but only one remains after the first workers are raised.1
Keadaannya di alam liar: Critically Endangered1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 1 / 5: Ringan3

Dari mana fakta datang

Nothomyrmecia (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Nothomyrmecia macrops (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
Venom Wiki: tahap bahaya, saiz biasa dan anggaran kelajuan adalah penilaian kami sendiri. Lihat cara kami mengiranya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.

Setiap fakta di halaman ini ada nombor yang menunjuk kepada sumbernya. Jika kami tersilap, maaf, kami peminat haiwan, bukan jurnal sains. Beritahu kami di [email protected] dan kami akan betulkan.

Kala jengking lapar! Venom Wiki ialah projek seorang lelaki: percuma, tanpa iklan dan tanpa penjejak. Sedikit sumbangan membantu memastikannya terus dalam talian.Beri kala jengking makan