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Giant water bug

Lethocerus americanus

Ibyerekeye izina: Its nicknames come from its habits: 'toe biter' for its painful bite and 'electric light bug' for being drawn to lights at night.1

Irababaza gusaIrababaza, ariko ntizakugirira nabi bikomeye.

Ibinyabwoya n'udukoko

IrarumaIrya: Inyama

Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

The giant water bug is a large, flat-bodied insect that lives in ponds, marshes and slow streams. It hunts other animals, including small fish and frogs, and it can give a painful bite if handled. It is found in southern Canada and the United States.1

Iba muri

Southern Canada and the United States, north of 35°N. Other Lethocerus species live further south.1

Amerika y'Amajyaruguru

Ahabanza

It lives in ponds, marshes, and on the edges of lakes and slow-moving streams and creeks. Adults may fly at night and be attracted to electric lights.1

Uburebure

5 cm kugeza kuri 6 cm (2 in kugeza kuri 2,4 in)1

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

hafi 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Koga, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Irya iki?

Adults and young eat other insects, small crustaceans such as crabs and crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, snails and small fish. It grabs prey with its front legs and injects digestive toxins through a retractable proboscis like a mosquito's. Several bugs have been seen hunting and sharing the same prey.1

Ifoto ya Giant water bug — Giant water bug. Ifoto: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

Adults are about 5–6 cm long.1
It has natural camouflage that helps it hide in the water.1
It swims using its hind legs.1
Its front pair of legs is used to grab and hold prey.1

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It is often confused with Benacus griseus, which can be told apart by grooves on its front femora (the thick upper parts of the front legs) that fit the tibiae when folded. It is very similar to L. uhleri.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Iraruma

Ubumara busohokera mu menyo yayo y'ubumara cyangwa mu yandi menyo iyo iriye.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

The bug injects digestive toxins into its prey through its proboscis. It lets the prey digest for 10–15 minutes before it eats.1

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

A bite is painful and may happen if the bug is handled or disturbed. It prefers to avoid people rather than confront them.1

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

When disturbed, it first tries to escape or play dead, then raises its front legs and hind end in a fighting stance, and may latch on and bite.1

Niba iruma

Ku bwoya bw'ibinyabwoya biryana: bukureho ukoresheje sikoci ifata, hanyuma woze uruhu. Ntugakube.
Iyo yarumye: oza aho yarumye kandi uhakonjeshe. Shaka ubufasha bwa muganga niba umuntu yumva atameze neza cyangwa ava amaraso byoroshye.

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 ikurumye: 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

Ni hehe ku isi?

Afurika Aziya Uburayi Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Amerika y'Amajyepfo Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

ireshya n'ibice 2 by'ibikinisho byo kubaka biri ku murongo

Giant water bug ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

Ikinyamushongo cyo mu murima hafi 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Giant water bug hafi 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Umuntu woga hafi 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

It breathes air trapped under its wings, using two snorkel-like tubes at the back of its abdomen.1

Several bugs may hunt together and share the same prey.1

Few young survive to adulthood, because adults eat other nymphs and other predators also hunt them.1

It can be attracted to electric lights while flying at night, which gives it the name electric light bug.1

Adults survive winter by burrowing under mud and leaf litter.1

Usenya ibinyoma

Ikinyoma: It is a 'toe biter' that goes looking for people to bite.

Ukuri: It prefers to avoid humans. It bites mainly when it is handled or disturbed.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi: Lethocerus americanus
Itsinda: Ibinyabwoya n'udukoko
Umuryango: Belostomatidae2
Itsinda rinini (order): Hemiptera
Imigabane: Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Abana bato: Eggs are laid on plants at the water's edge and may be guarded by an adult. Nymphs hatch about two weeks later, and a female may lay about 150 or more eggs in her lifetime.1
Akaga ku bantu: 2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
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