Mammoth wasp
The mammoth wasp is the largest wasp found in Europe. It looks a bit like a very big bumble bee, and it lives in warm, dry places around the Mediterranean and across parts of Asia. Its young grow up inside beetle grubs.1

Akkaataa itti beekamu
- Glossy black body covered in fine, downy hair1
- Two yellow bands across the abdomen, sometimes split into four yellow spots1
- Females have a yellow head; males have a black head1
- Females can reach 4.5 cm, and males are smaller than females1
- Looks like a very large, elongated bumble bee1
Yeroo baay'ee kan itti wal fakkeessan: It is often confused with Scolia hirta. That wasp is smaller and has a black head.1
Humna summii
Summiin qeensa iddii (stinger) keessaan ba'a.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
The female stings the beetle grub to paralyse it, so it cannot move. Its venom is used on prey, not as a defence for people. The sting paralyses the beetle grub so the wasp's larva can feed on it.1
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: SalphaaAkka iddii kanniisaa ykn sanaa gadi. Namootaaf gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama miidhaa hin qabu.
Yoo idde
- Qeensa kanniisaa (stinger) haqii baasiitii bakka sana qabbaneessi.
- Yoo namichi hargansuuf rakkate, fuulli ykn qoonqoon isaa dhiite, ykn of wallaaluuf jedhe, kun balaa tasaa alarjii ti: lakkoofsa balaa tasaa bilbili, yoo qalama adrenaaliinii (adrenaline pen) qabaate immoo itti fayyadami.
Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa
Nageenyaan turi
- Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
- Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
- Yoo tokko si idde: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.
Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan
Addunyaa keessaa eessatti?
Hammam guddaa dha?
Dheerinni isaa hammam?
quba kee isa xiqqaa caalaa gabaabaa
dirree kubbaa miilaa guutuu sekoondii 8,4 keessatti barrisee ce'uu danda'aMammoth wasp SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
It is the largest wasp found in Europe.1
It is a parasitoid: its young develop by feeding on another insect, a beetle grub, which dies in the process.1
Some researchers suggest it was the model for a gold Minoan pendant called the Malia Pendant.1
The European rhinoceros beetle is its main host, but it also lays eggs on the grubs of several other beetles, including the European stag beetle.1
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Megascolia maculata
- Garee
- Kanniisa fi hurrii (wasp fi hornet)
- Maatii
- Scoliidae2
- Tartiiba
- Hymenoptera
- Ardiiwwan
- Awurooppaa, Eeshiyaa
- Ilmoolee
- The female lays a single egg on a paralysed beetle grub. The wasp larva eats the grub, except its skin, then builds a cocoon and emerges as an adult the following spring.1
- Balaa namootaaf
- 1 / 5: Salphaa3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Regiscolia maculata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Megascolia maculata (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
- Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.
Dhugaan fuula kana irra jiru hundi lakkoofsa madda isaatti si qajeelchu qaba. Yoo waan tokko dogoggorre, dhiifama, nuti jaallattoota bineensotaa ti malee joornaalii saayinsii miti. [email protected] irratti nutti himi, ni sirreessina.
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