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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

Davart il num: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1

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

Furmiclas

PiztgadasMangia: Charn

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

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

Viva en

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1

Lunghezza

5 mm fin 2,5 cm (0,2 in fin 1 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1

Foto da Matabele ant — Matabele ant. Foto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.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.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.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?

var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri

Quant grond è Matabele 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)

Matabele ant circa 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Megaponera analis
Gruppa: Furmiclas
Famiglia: Formicidae2
Urden: Hymenoptera
Continents: Africa
Poppins: The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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