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Giant water bug

Lethocerus americanus

Tentang nama: Its nicknames come from its habits: 'toe biter' for its painful bite and 'electric light bug' for being drawn to lights at night.1

Sakit sahajaIa sakit, tetapi tidak akan mencederakan kamu dengan serius.

Ulat bulu & serangga

GigitanMakan: Daging

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

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

Hidup di

Southern Canada and the United States, north of 35°N. Other Lethocerus species live further south.1

Amerika Utara

Laman utama

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

Panjang

5 cm hingga 6 cm (2 in hingga 2.4 in)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 0.9 km/j (0.56 mph)

Berenang, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

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

Gambar Giant water bug — Giant water bug. Gambar: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

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

Sering dikelirukan dengan: 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

Kuasa bisa

Gigitan

Bisa keluar melalui taring atau giginya apabila ia menggigit.

Apa kesan bisanya?

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

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

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

Apa yang ia buat apabila takut?

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

Jika ia menggigit

Untuk bulu ulat yang menyengat: angkat bulu itu dengan pita pelekat, kemudian basuh kulit. Jangan gosok.
Untuk gigitan: basuh dan sejukkan. Dapatkan bantuan perubatan jika orang itu berasa tidak sihat atau mudah berdarah.

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 menggigit 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?

sepanjang 2 blok binaan mainan disusun sebaris

Berapa besar Giant water bug 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)

Giant water bug kira-kira 0.9 km/j (0.56 mph)

Orang berenang kira-kira 3 km/j (1.9 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

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

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

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

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

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

Pemecah mitos

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

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

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Lethocerus americanus
Kumpulan: Ulat bulu & serangga
Keluarga: Belostomatidae2
Susunan: Hemiptera
Benua-benua: Amerika Utara
Anak: 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
Bahaya kepada manusia: 2 / 5: Menyakitkan3

Dari mana fakta datang

Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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