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Red-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris rhadamanthus

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Rujas ed insects

MorsasMangia: Charn

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

The red-spotted assassin bug is a true bug with a black body and orange or red spots on its wings. It lives in open areas across southern and eastern Africa. It is venomous, and its sting is painful, similar to a hornet's.1

Viva en

Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zanzibar1

Africa

Pagina iniziala

It prefers open areas with only a small amount of tree cover. The orange colour form has been kept as a pet.1

Lunghezza

3,8 cm fin 4 cm (1,5 in fin 1,6 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It is a nocturnal predator that feeds on small invertebrates, mainly rhinoceros beetles. It uses its needle-like mouthparts to suck the juices out of its prey.1

Foto da Red-spotted assassin bug — Red-spotted assassin bug. Foto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

Body is black with orange or red spots on the front part of the wings.1
Legs are covered with short hair, and each thigh (femur) has a red band across it.1
Adults reach about 3.8 to 4 cm long.1
Orange and red colour forms look different but share the same body features.1

Savens confundì cun: The orange colour form was once sold in the pet trade as Platymeris sp. "Mombo". It is now known to be a colour form of this same species, not a separate animal.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

It is a venomous animal that injects venom when it stings. Its sting causes pain comparable to that of a hornet.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Its sting is painful, comparable to that of a hornet.1

Sch'el morda

Tar pails da rujas che piztgan: auza els davent cun in bindel adesiv, lava lura la pel. Na sfruscha betg.
Tar morsas: lava e sfradenta. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain u sanguinescha facilmain.

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 morda: 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?

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Quant svelt è el?

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

Red-spotted assassin bug circa 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

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Fatgs

Rhinoceros beetles are its main prey, though it also eats other small invertebrates.1

Its mouthparts are needle-like, designed for sucking juices out of other insects.1

It is a nocturnal predator, so it hunts mainly at night.1

The orange and red colour forms are the same species, with the same body features, including the male and female genitalia.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Platymeris rhadamanthus
Gruppa: Rujas ed insects
Famiglia: Reduviidae2
Urden: Hemiptera
Continents: Africa
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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Platymeris rhadamanthus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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