Black imported fire ant
The black imported fire ant is a species of ant that is often called BIFA for short. It is native to South America but has spread to North America, where it has been found in several southern and south-eastern US states. Its sting can cause a red, swollen reaction, so it is useful to know it when you see one.1

Uko wayimenya
- Black in colour, as its name says.1
- Its sting leaves a sterile pustule (a small blister with no germs in it), surrounded by a red swelling.1
Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It was once thought to be a colour variety of the red imported fire ant (RIFA). It is now known to be a separate species with a different range and different living habits.1
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.
Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
Stings cause a sterile pustule surrounded by a raised, reddened swelling (wheal), with redness spreading beyond it (flare). The venom of this species may cause a more pronounced wheal and flare than the red imported fire ant.1
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.How strong the reaction is depends on how many allergic (IgE) antibodies a person has already formed. People who have already built up these antibodies may react more strongly.1
Niba itera urubori
- Oza aho zateye urubori kandi uhakonjeshe.
- Niba umuntu ahumeka bimugoye, akabyimba mu maso cyangwa mu muhogo, cyangwa akumva agiye guta ubwenge, ni ikibazo cyihutirwa cya aleriji: hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi.
Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze
Irinde akaga
- Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
- Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
- Niba imwe igutereye urubori: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.
Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda
Ingana gute?
Ireshya ite?
ntoya ku buryo yakwicara ku nzara yaweBlack imported fire ant ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
Black imported fire ants appear to be more tolerant of cold than the red imported fire ant, and they are less dominant.1
Its body contains more water than the red imported fire ant, which may be linked to the different regions where the two species live.1
For a long time it was thought to be either a subspecies or a colour variation of the red imported fire ant, but it is now recognised as its own species.1
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: It is just a black colour form of the red imported fire ant.
Ukuri: It is now recognised as a separate species, with a different range and living habits.1
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Black imported fire ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Solenopsis richteri (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
Buri kintu kivugwa kuri iyi paji gifite nimero yerekana aho cyavuye. Niba twibeshye, tubabarire, turi abakunzi b'inyamaswa, ntituri ikinyamakuru cya siyansi. Tubwire kuri [email protected] tuzabikosora.
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