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Green-head ant

Rhytidoponera metallica

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

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

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

Viva en

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

Australia ed Oceania

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

5 mm fin 7 mm (0,2 in fin 0,3 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

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

Co renconuscher el

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

Savens confundì cun: 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

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Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

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

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Quant lung è el?

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Quant svelt è el?

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

Green-head ant circa 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

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

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Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

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

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Rhytidoponera metallica
Gruppa: Furmiclas
Famiglia: Formicidae2
Urden: Hymenoptera
Continents: Australia ed Oceania
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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Green-head ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Rhytidoponera metallica (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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