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Green-head ant

Rhytidoponera metallica

Tentang nama: The scientific name metallica refers to the ant's metallic look, which ranges from green to purple.1

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

Semut

SengatanMakan: Sedikit semuanya

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

The green-head ant is a small, shiny ant that lives in Australia. It has a metallic colour that can look green, purple or reddish-violet. It is one of the most widespread insects in Australia, and it can give a painful, venomous sting.1

Hidup di

Found in almost every Australian state except Tasmania. Introduced to New Zealand.1

Australia & Oceania

Laman utama

Green-head ants live in deserts, heath, open forests, woodland and urban areas. They are abundant in lawns and gardens in cities. They nest underground below logs, stones, twigs and shrubs, in decayed wooden stumps, and sometimes in termite mounds.1

Panjang

5 mm hingga 7 mm (0.2 in hingga 0.3 in)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 0.12 km/j (0.07 mph)

Di darat, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

Green-head ants hunt arthropods and small insects. They also collect sweet substances such as honeydew from sap-sucking insects.1

Gambar Green-head ant — Green-head ant. Gambar: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

Measures 5 to 7 mm long.1
Metallic colour that varies by region, from green to purple or reddish-violet.1
Hard, heavily armoured body with a single-segmented waist.1
Queens and workers look similar and differ mainly in size. Males are the smallest and look black and dark.1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: Residents of northern Queensland use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), so the two can be confused by name. The name 'green-head ant' is more specific.1

Kuasa bisa

Sengatan

Bisa keluar melalui penyengat.

Apa kesan bisanya?

The sting is painful and venomous. It can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, in people who are sensitive to it.1

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

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

The sting can cause anaphylactic shock in sensitive people. Ordinary stings are described as painful.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 Green-head 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)

Green-head ant kira-kira 0.12 km/j (0.07 mph)

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

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

Green-head ants are among the first insects to appear in burnt-off areas, arriving once the embers have stopped smouldering.1

Workers can reproduce with winged males, so queens are rarely produced in colonies.1

They are useful to farmers because they prey on agricultural pests such as beetles, moths and termites.1

They help plants by scattering and eating seeds from a variety of species, which plays an important role in seed dispersal.1

The short-beaked echidna and a number of bird species prey on them.1

The ant was introduced to New Zealand, where it was first seen in 1959, probably on cargoes of timber.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: The name 'green ant' always means the green-head ant.

Hakikat: In northern Queensland, residents use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant, so the shortened name can cause confusion.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Rhytidoponera metallica
Kumpulan: Semut
Keluarga: Formicidae2
Susunan: Hymenoptera
Benua-benua: Australia & Oceania
Bahaya kepada manusia: 2 / 5: Menyakitkan3

Dari mana fakta datang

Green-head ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Rhytidoponera metallica (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.

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