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Giant Amazonian ant

Dinoponera gigantea
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 giant Amazonian ant is one of the largest ant species in the world. It lives underground in the lowland rainforests of South America, where its nests can have several entrances. Its size makes it easy to spot among other ants.1

Viva en
South America: Guyana, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Ceará, Maranhão and others) and Loreto, Peru. Probably also nearby areas such as French Guiana.1
America dal Sid
Pagina iniziala
It lives in lowland rainforest, especially in forests that do not flood. Its colonies build underground nests with up to eight entrances. Unlike many ants, it does not build a mound above the nest.1
Lunghezza
3 cm fin 4 cm (1,2 in fin 1,6 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 0,47 km/h (0,29 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats both plant and animal food. Foragers bring back fruits of vismia plants, inga seeds, and small animals such as spiders, crickets and snails. About 10% of foraging trips succeed, and successful trips usually last 30 to 60 minutes.1
Propi!Foto da Giant Amazonian ant
Giant Amazonian ant. Foto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • Females are coal-black and measure 3 to 4 cm long.1
  • Males are much smaller and dark red.1
  • Nest entrances are surrounded by the soil dug out of the nest, but no mound is formed.1
  • Individual ants forage alone, usually within about 10 metres of the nest.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Giant Amazonian ant circa 4 cm lung (1,6 in)In clip da palpiri circa 3 cm (1,2 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)
var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Neighbouring colonies have separate foraging areas. When ants from different colonies meet at the border, they face off, lock their jaws and push and kick each other.1

2

Border fights can last up to half an hour, and both ants are usually left uninjured.1

3

It is one of the largest ant species in the world.1

4

One colony can use more than one nest at a time. Some nest entrances were found 40 to 250 cm apart.1

5

Its nests are about 40 cm deep, with chambers roughly 3 cm high and 20 cm wide.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Dinoponera gigantea
Gruppa
Furmiclas
Famiglia
Formicidae2
Urden
Hymenoptera
Continents
America dal Sid
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Dinoponera gigantea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dinoponera gigantea (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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