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Giant water bug

Lethocerus americanus
Za dzinali: Its nicknames come from its habits: 'toe biter' for its painful bite and 'electric light bug' for being drawn to lights at night.1
ImangopwetekaImapweteka, koma sidzakuvulaza kwambiri.
Mbozi ndi tizilombo ImalumaImadya: Nyama
Ngozi kwa anthu: YopwetekaIngathe kupweteka kwambiri, koma pafupifupi nthawi zonse si vuto lalikulu.

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

Imakhala ku
Southern Canada and the United States, north of 35°N. Other Lethocerus species live further south.1
Amereka ya Kumpoto
Kunyumba
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
Kutalika
5 cm mpaka 6 cm (2 in mpaka 2,4 in)1
Liwiro lapamwamba
pafupifupi 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)
Kusambira, kuyerekeza chabe
Imadya chiyani?
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
Zoona!Chithunzi cha Giant water bug
Giant water bug. Chithunzi: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Mmene ungaizindikirire

  • 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

Nthawi zambiri imasokonezedwa ndi: 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

Mphamvu ya ululu

Imaluma

Ululu umatuluka kudzera m'mano ake ikaluma.

Ululu wake umachita chiyani?

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

Ndi yoopsa bwanji kwa anthu?

Ngozi kwa anthu: YopwetekaIngathe kupweteka kwambiri, koma pafupifupi nthawi zonse si vuto lalikulu.

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

Imachita chiyani ikachita mantha?

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

Ikaluma

  • Pa ubweya wa mbozi zolasa: uchotse ndi tepi yomata, kenako sambitsa khungu. Usasisite.
  • Polumidwa: sambitsa ndi kuziziritsa. Peza thandizo la dokotala ngati munthuyo sakumva bwino kapena akutuluka magazi mosavuta.

Nthawi zonse yamba wayimbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911). Awa ndi malangizo wamba a chithandizo choyamba, osati malangizo a dokotala. Zoyambira za chithandizo choyamba

Khala wotetezeka

  • Usakhudze, kugwira kapena kuseweretsa nyama yakuthengo, ngakhale yaing'ono, ndipo ngakhale ikuoneka ngati yagona kapena yafa.
  • Ipatse malo. Ukakumana nayo, khala chete, bwerera m'mbuyo pang'onopang'ono ndipo uilole ipite njira yake.
  • Ikakuluma: khala chete, usasunthe, imbira nambala yadzidzidzi (112, 000, 911) kapena pita kuchipatala mwachangu. Kumbukira m'mene inkaonekera, chithunzi chimathandiza.

Sikufuna kukuvulaza. Imagwiritsa ntchito ululu wake kugwira chakudya kapena kudziteteza, ndipo imakonda kwambiri kubisala. Zambiri za kukhala wotetezeka

Ndi yaikulu bwanji?

Ndi yaitali bwanji?

Giant water bug yaitali pafupifupi 6 cm (2,4 in)Kachitsulo komangira mapepala pafupifupi 3 cm (1,2 in)Foni yam'manja pafupifupi 15 cm (5,9 in)
yaitali ngati zidutswa zomangira zoseweretsa 2 pamzere

Giant water bug ndi yaikulu bwanji poyerekeza ndi IWE?

Ndi masamu chabe mu msakatuli wako. Palibe chomwe chimasungidwa kapena kutumizidwa kwina.

Imathamanga bwanji?

zoyenera kudziwa

Mfundo

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

Kuthetsa nthano zabodza

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

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

Za akatswiri a ululu

Dzina la sayansi
Lethocerus americanus
Gulu
Mbozi ndi tizilombo
Banja
Belostomatidae2
Dongosolo
Hemiptera
Makontinenti
Amereka ya Kumpoto
Ana akhanda
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
Ngozi kwa anthu
2 / 5: Yopweteka3

Kumene mfundo zimachokera

  1. Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): mayina ndi magulu a sayansi.
  3. Venom Wiki: mlingo wa ngozi, kukula wamba ndi kuyerekeza kwa liwiro ndi zathu. Ona mmene timazipezera: Mmene timayezera ngozi.

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