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Electric ant

Wasmannia auropunctata

Davart il num: Its name comes from its painful sting, which feels strong for an ant of its size.1

Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Furmiclas

PiztgadasMangia: In pau da tut

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The electric ant, also called the little fire ant, is a tiny ant, about 1.5 mm long, that can give a surprisingly painful sting. It first lived in Central and South America, but it has spread to many other parts of the world. It is an invasive species that harms native wildlife, crops and pets.1

Viva en

Native to Central and South America; spread to Africa, North America, Europe, Asia, Pacific islands and Cairns (Australia)1

America dal Nord, America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

It is a generalist that mostly lives in areas linked to people in warm regions, such as forest edges, managed forests, farms and plantations. It nests under rocks and plant litter and can also set up colonies in homes, in furniture, food and clothing.1

Lunghezza

1 mm fin 2 mm (0 in fin 0,1 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,074 km/h (0,05 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It eats other insects, decaying vegetation, seeds, plants and honeydew. It is an effective predator, using its venomous sting to subdue large insects and small animals.1

Foto da Electric ant — Electric ant. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Very small, about 1 to 2 mm long as a worker.1
Light to golden brown (ginger) in colour, with the rear body (gaster) often darker.1
Thorax has long, sharp spines.1
Antennae have 11 segments, with the last two forming a distinct club.1
Body is sparsely covered with long, upright hairs.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

It has a venomous sting that is painful for its size. Stings cause itchy, painful welts up to about 2.5 cm long. The sting can also subdue large insects and vertebrate prey.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The ants will readily attack people, and their stings can be painful out of proportion to their size. They can blind pets and large domestic animals, such as cats and dogs, if stung around the eyes. They also harm farming, by stripping nutrients from crops and making them more open to disease and pests.1

Sch'el piztga

Lava e sfradenta las piztgadas.
Sche la persuna ha difficultads da respirar, unfladiras da la fatscha u da la gula, u sch'ella sa senta sco da svanir, è quai ina urgenza allergica: clama tes numer d'urgenza.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

uschè pitschen ch'el po seser sin tia unglapli plaun ch'ina lindorna da curtin

Quant grond è Electric ant cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Electric ant circa 0,074 km/h (0,05 mph)

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

In the Galapagos Islands, it is considered one of the most aggressive introduced species, and it has contributed to declines in tortoise populations by eating hatchlings and attacking adult eyes.1

Its sting is painful far out of proportion to its tiny size.1

Queens can produce daughters that are genetic copies of themselves, while workers are produced sexually.1

It has been found in cold places such as Canada and England, where it survives in large buildings and greenhouses.1

It is a suspected link to Florida keratopathy, an eye condition, although this is not confirmed.1

It was once introduced to plantations in Gabon and Cameroon as a biological control agent.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Wasmannia auropunctata
Gruppa: Furmiclas
Famiglia: Formicidae2
Urden: Hymenoptera
Continents: America dal Nord, America dal Sid
Poppins: Queens produce new queens without mating (parthenogenesis), while sterile workers usually come from eggs fertilised by males.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Electric ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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