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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis

Davart il num: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1

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

Furmiclas

PiztgadasMangia: In pau da tut

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

The samsum ant is a small ant that lives across much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It often shares homes with people and is a common household pest. It matters because its sting is powerful and, in rare cases, can cause a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal.1

Viva en

Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Introduced to the United States in 1943, and invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

Africa, Asia

Pagina iniziala

Samsum ants are ground-dwelling and common around homes and towns, so people often meet them in households. In Iran, colonies were found along irrigation ditches in damp ground.1

Lunghezza

5 mm fin 6 mm (0,2 in fin 0,2 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

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

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

Samsum ants are omnivores and scavengers. They hunt small arthropods, including other ants, and sometimes larger ones such as cockroaches, using their stingers. They also eat seeds, which is unusual among ponerine ants.1

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

Co renconuscher el

Body is dark brown to black-brown.1
Antennae, tarsi (foot segments) and tibiae (lower leg segments) are red.1
Body length is 5–6 mm.1
Head is broader than the mesosoma (the middle section of the body).1
Nest entrances are circular and 3–5 mm across.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

The sting is powerful. In rare cases it can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and death.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

The sting is known to be powerful, and in rare cases it has led to anaphylactic shock and death. Stings have been linked to anaphylaxis in many parts of the world, and the ant is considered a common household pest in several regions.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.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?

uschè pitschen ch'el po seser sin tia ungla

Quant grond è Samsum 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)

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

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

bun da savair

Fatgs

Their name comes from the Arabic word for "sharp sword", probably because of their sting.1

They are one of the only ponerine ants that eat seeds, having moved from a mostly meat diet to an omnivorous one.1

They are one of the few ponerine ants to be invasive, and they are considered invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

Among ponerine ants, the size difference between workers and queens is considered rare.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Brachyponera sennaarensis
Gruppa: Furmiclas
Famiglia: Formicidae2
Urden: Hymenoptera
Continents: Africa, Asia
Poppins: Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Brachyponera sennaarensis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
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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