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Maricopa harvester ant

Pogonomyrmex maricopa
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
Furmiclas Piztgadas
Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The Maricopa harvester ant is a desert ant that builds nests with sand, gravel and rock. It lives mainly in Arizona and nearby US and Mexican states. Its venom is believed to be among the most toxic of any insect, so it is important to know it when you see it.1

Viva en
Arizona and six other US states; several Mexican states, including Sonora1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It lives in fine sand dune areas, where it builds sand mound nests. The nest mounds are likely to include rocks and gravel.1
Lunghezza
8 mm (0,3 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 0,15 km/h (0,09 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Propi!Foto da Maricopa harvester ant
Maricopa harvester ant. Foto: Insects Unlocked , no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Nest mounds that contain rocks and gravel1
  • Sand nests with a cemented cap, which is about 60% calcium carbonate1
  • Ants that attach to the skin with their jaws (mandibles) and turn around the spot to sting again and again1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom contains amino acids, peptides, proteins, alkaloids, terpenes and other compounds. Its most distinctive part is an alkaloid poison, which also releases an alarm pheromone that alerts nearby ants, so several may sting at once. In humans, a sting causes intense pain.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

The venom is believed to be the most toxic insect venom in the world. In mice, the LD50 (the dose that kills half the animals tested) is 0.12 mg/kg, which is less than one-twentieth as strong as the honey bee. A sting causes intense pain that can last from four to eight hours.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Its alarm pheromone alerts other ants in the area, so several ants may sting at the same time.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

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Maricopa harvester ant circa 8 mm lung (0,3 in)In graun da ris circa 7 mm (0,3 in)Ina munaida d'1 euro circa 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
uschè pitschen ch'el po seser sin tia ungla

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Quant svelt è el?

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Fatgs

1

Its venom is believed to be the most toxic insect venom in the world.1

2

Twelve stings can kill a 2 kg rat, according to tests in mice and rats.1

3

Its alarm pheromone is a chemical signal that makes nearby ants sting together.1

4

Its cemented caps are about 60% calcium carbonate, which is carried up from layers below the surface.1

5

It helps decomposition by dragging dead insects underground, which enriches the soil for plants and crops.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Pogonomyrmex maricopa
Gruppa
Furmiclas
Famiglia
Formicidae2
Urden
Hymenoptera
Continents
America dal Nord
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Pogonomyrmex maricopa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Pogonomyrmex maricopa (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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