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Trap-jaw ant

Odontomachus bauri

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.

Trap-jaw ants are small ants with jaws that snap shut faster than almost anything else in the animal kingdom. They live in tropical places from southern Costa Rica to South America and the Galapagos Islands, and they are one of the most common ants around homes and gardens in southern Brazil.1

Viva en

Southern Costa Rica, tropical South America, the West Indies (except Cuba and the Bahamas), the Galapagos Islands and northern Mexico1

America dal Nord, America dal Sid

Pagina iniziala

They are most often found in lowland areas, usually in tropical rainforests, though they tolerate dry conditions better than many related species. In gardens they nest under rocks, plant containers and vegetable residues, so people can meet them around homes.1

Lunghezza

1,2 cm (0,5 in)3

grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

It is a generalist predator that usually spends its time below leaf litter. It catches prey such as worms, spiders, termites, ants, butterflies, flies and beetles, with its jaws stinging and paralysing prey or crushing it to death.1

Foto da Trap-jaw ant — Trap-jaw ant. Foto: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

Its main feature is its dark brown colour.1
The head is 2.09–3.12 mm long.1
It has hairs on the first gastral tergum (a plate on the upper back of the abdomen), which stand up partly and are fairly even in length.1
Seen from the side, the petiolar node (a small segment between the body parts) is dome-shaped.1
Its mandibles (jaws) can open to about 180°.1

Forza dal tissi

Piztgadas

Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its venom is thought to be mainly protein-based. The sting also releases a mixture of formic acid and protein, which may be highly toxic. In people, a sting usually causes burning at the site that fades within about an hour. Some people have a strong allergic reaction, with red, itchy, swollen patches on the skin and swollen eyelids.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

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

Its bites are not severe for humans, but they can cause an allergic reaction. One case described a young girl with a strong reaction that lasted about a week. Such reactions were noted in about 16% of ant bites.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When its nest is disturbed, many workers make escape jumps, and if one lands on the intruder, workers start stinging it.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?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina lindorna da curtin circa 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Trap-jaw ant circa 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)

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

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Fatgs

Its jaws can close within about 130 microseconds on average, roughly 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye.1

It can jump more than 20 times its body length in a single jaw-propelled leap.1

Its jaws can exert a peak force of about 300 times its own body weight.1

During an escape jump, it can launch itself about 7 cm off the ground and grab onto nearby plants.1

Its jaws have the second-fastest predatory movement in the animal kingdom, after the dracula ant.1

Its nests are usually small, with fewer than about 200 ants, and neighbouring nests do not fight when they are close together but are aggressive toward each other when more than 10 m apart.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Trap-jaw ants sting in the same way as bees.

Vardad: They do not have stingers like bees. Their stings are retractable and not barbed, so they can be used again.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Odontomachus bauri
Gruppa: Furmiclas
Famiglia: Formicidae2
Urden: Hymenoptera
Continents: America dal Nord, America dal Sid
Poppins: The larvae go through three larval stages before moulting, and they do not spin a cocoon.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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