Eastern cicada killer
The eastern cicada killer is a large wasp that hunts cicadas, the loud insects that buzz in summer trees. It lives in the Eastern and Midwest United States and further south into Mexico and Central America. Females are not aggressive and rarely sting, so the sight of them flying over lawns is usually harmless.1

Uko wayimenya
- Large, at 1.5 to 5.0 cm long1
- Hairy thorax with reddish and black areas1
- Black to reddish brown abdomen marked with light yellow stripes1
- Brownish wings1
- Females are somewhat larger than males1
Ikunze kwitiranywa na: Its colours resemble some yellowjacket and hornet species, and European hornets are often mistaken for it. European hornets are about 3.5 cm long, so they are smaller than the largest cicada killers.1
Imbaraga z'ubumara
Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.
Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?
The female's sting paralyses cicadas so that they can be stored as food for the young.1
Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?
Akaga ku bantu: YorohejeNko guterwa urubori n'uruyuki cyangwa munsi yaho. Mu by'ukuri ntacyo itwaye abantu.Females are not aggressive and rarely sting unless they are grasped roughly, stepped on with bare feet, or caught in clothing. One author who was stung said the sting felt like not much more than a pinprick. Males cannot sting.1
Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?
Females sting only if handled roughly. Males may jab with a sharp spine on the tip of the abdomen if handled roughly, but they usually fly away when swatted at.1
Niba itera urubori
- Kuramo urubori rw'uruyuki uruharura, kandi ukonjeshe aho rwateye.
- Niba umuntu ahumeka bimugoye, akabyimba mu maso cyangwa mu muhogo, cyangwa akumva agiye guta ubwenge, ni ikibazo cyihutirwa cya aleriji: hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi kandi ukoreshe urushinge rwe rwa adrenaline (adrenaline pen) niba arufite.
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?
ngufi kurusha agahera kawe
yaguruka ikambuka ikibuga cyose cy'umupira w'amaguru mu masegonda 9,7Eastern cicada killer ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?
Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.
Yihuta gute?
Ibintu by'ukuri
A female often carries a cicada up into a tree before flying to her burrow, because the cicada can weigh more than twice as much as she does.1
Males are seen in groups and may lock together in midair combat until one breaks away.1
Cicada killers may help trees by reducing the number of cicadas that feed on them.1
The parasitic velvet ant wasp, also called the cow-killer wasp, often lays its egg in cicada killer nest cells.1
A single burrow may eventually have 10 or more nest cells.1
Usenya ibinyoma
Ikinyoma: Male cicada killers are dangerous and will sting people.
Ukuri: Males only grapple with other insects and cannot sting. They investigate things that move near them because they are looking for females.1
Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara
- Izina rya siyansi
- Sphecius speciosus
- Itsinda
- Inzuki, amavubi n'amavubi manini
- Umuryango
- Crabronidae2
- Itsinda rinini (order)
- Hymenoptera
- Imigabane
- Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
- Abana bato
- Each female lays one egg on a cicada inside a nest cell, and the egg hatches in one or two days. Males receive one cicada per egg and females receive two or sometimes three.1
- Akaga ku bantu
- 1 / 5: Yoroheje3
Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka
- Sphecius speciosus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Sphecius speciosus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
- Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.
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