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Igishushanyo cya Mexican honey wasp
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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Ibyerekeye izina: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
Irababaza gusaIrababaza, ariko ntizakugirira nabi bikomeye.
Inzuki, amavubi n'amavubi manini Itera uruboriIrya: Udukoko
Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

The Mexican honey wasp is a small social wasp that lives in colonies and builds large paper nests. It is one of the few wasps that makes honey, and it helps pollinate avocado flowers. It lives from Panama through Central America and Mexico, and in parts of Arizona and Texas.1

Iba muri
From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Ahabanza
It builds its nest in the canopy of a shrub or tree, often 1 to 9 m above the ground, and the nest is well hidden by leaves. Nests are often reported in suburban areas close to people's homes.1
Uburebure
7 mm kugeza kuri 9 mm (0,3 in kugeza kuri 0,4 in)1
Umuvuduko wo hejuru
hafi 20 km/h (12 mph)
Kuguruka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije
Irya iki?
It hunts the psyllid Diaphorina citri in tree shoots, sucking its body fluids and sometimes eating the whole insect. It also eats weevil larvae and moth larvae.1
Koko!Ifoto ya Mexican honey wasp
Mexican honey wasp. Ifoto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Uko wayimenya

  • Alternating bands of yellow and black across the abdomen (the rear part of the body).1
  • Small, with a body length of 7 to 9 mm.1
  • Abdomen can be almost as wide as it is long.1
  • Paper nests 40 to 50 cm across, with a rough, brown or grey, non-glossy surface like cardboard.1
  • Queens have a dark reddish-brown abdomen.1

Ikunze kwitiranywa na: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.1

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Itera urubori

Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

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

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?

Mexican honey wasp ireshya hafi 9 mm (0,4 in)Impeke y'umuceri hafi 7 mm (0,3 in)Igiceri cy'ayero 1 hafi 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
ntoya ku buryo yakwicara ku nzara yaweyaguruka ikambuka ikibuga cyose cy'umupira w'amaguru mu masegonda 19

Mexican honey wasp ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

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

Yihuta gute?

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

1

It is one of only a few insects besides bees that make and store their own honey.1

2

A single nest can house anywhere from 3,500 to 18,700 wasps.1

3

In Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico, the Popoloca people eat its honey and larvae, harvesting them when the moon is between its last quarter and waning gibbous.1

4

It helps pollinate avocados, carrying avocado pollen on its hairy head, thorax and legs.1

5

Scientists have studied it as a natural control for Diaphorina citri, a pest that spreads citrus greening disease.1

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi
Brachygastra mellifica
Itsinda
Inzuki, amavubi n'amavubi manini
Umuryango
Vespidae2
Itsinda rinini (order)
Hymenoptera
Imigabane
Amerika y'Amajyaruguru
Akaga ku bantu
2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

  1. Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachygastra mellifica (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
  3. Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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