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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Davart il num: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.
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Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

The Mexican honey wasp is a small social wasp that lives in colonies and builds large paper nests. It is one of the few wasps that makes honey, and it helps pollinate avocado flowers. It lives from Panama through Central America and Mexico, and in parts of Arizona and Texas.1

Viva en
From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
America dal Nord
Pagina iniziala
It builds its nest in the canopy of a shrub or tree, often 1 to 9 m above the ground, and the nest is well hidden by leaves. Nests are often reported in suburban areas close to people's homes.1
Lunghezza
7 mm fin 9 mm (0,3 in fin 0,4 in)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 20 km/h (12 mph)
Sgular, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It hunts the psyllid Diaphorina citri in tree shoots, sucking its body fluids and sometimes eating the whole insect. It also eats weevil larvae and moth larvae.1
Propi!Foto da Mexican honey wasp
Mexican honey wasp. Foto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Alternating bands of yellow and black across the abdomen (the rear part of the body).1
  • Small, with a body length of 7 to 9 mm.1
  • Abdomen can be almost as wide as it is long.1
  • Paper nests 40 to 50 cm across, with a rough, brown or grey, non-glossy surface like cardboard.1
  • Queens have a dark reddish-brown abdomen.1

Savens confundì cun: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.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

  • Sgratta ora l'aguigl d'avieul e sfradenta il lieu.
  • 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 e duvra sia penna d'adrenalina, sch'ella ha ina.

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?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Mexican honey wasp circa 9 mm lung (0,4 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 unglapudess sgular sur in entir plaz da ballape en 19 secundas

Quant grond è Mexican honey wasp cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

It is one of only a few insects besides bees that make and store their own honey.1

2

A single nest can house anywhere from 3,500 to 18,700 wasps.1

3

In Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico, the Popoloca people eat its honey and larvae, harvesting them when the moon is between its last quarter and waning gibbous.1

4

It helps pollinate avocados, carrying avocado pollen on its hairy head, thorax and legs.1

5

Scientists have studied it as a natural control for Diaphorina citri, a pest that spreads citrus greening disease.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Brachygastra mellifica
Gruppa
Avieuls, vespras e calabruns
Famiglia
Vespidae2
Urden
Hymenoptera
Continents
America dal Nord
Privel per umans
2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachygastra mellifica (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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