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Army ant

Eciton burchellii

O imenu: The informal name "army ant" comes from its large, organised swarm raids.1

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

Mravlje

PikiJe: Meso

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

The Burchell's army ant is a tropical ant that moves in huge, organised swarms called raids. It lives in the jungles of Central and South America. Its raids are so large that many other animals, including birds, follow them to catch prey.1

Živi v

Tropical jungles of Central and South America, from Mexico to Paraguay, including the Amazon1

Severna Amerika, Južna Amerika

Domov

Damp, well-shaded parts of the forest, avoiding direct sunlight and high elevations. Colonies make temporary living nests in hollow logs, animal burrows in the ground, or hanging in trees.1

Dolžina

3 mm do 1,2 cm (0,1 in do 0,5 in)1

Največja hitrost

približno 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

Colonies go on daily or near-daily raids to capture insects and other small prey. Inbound ants carry the prey back to the colony. They also raid wasp nests and eat the larvae and pupae inside.1

Fotografija: Army ant — Army ant. Fotografija: Alex Wild, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Colour varies from deep golden to dark brown.1
Workers are 3 mm to 12 mm long, and there are four sizes of worker.1
Soldiers have much larger heads and long, pointed, sickle-shaped jaws (mandibles).1
Long legs and an elongated body give it a spider-like appearance.1
Raids move as a loose swarm over the leaf litter on the forest floor.1

Moč strupa

Piki

Strup pride ven skozi želo.

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

Nevarnost za ljudi: BolečeLahko zelo boli, a skoraj nikoli ni resno.

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

Soldier ants have much larger heads and specialised jaws for defence, and workers have a well-developed sting.1

Če piči

Pike umij in ohladi.
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Ostani varen

Nikoli se ne dotikaj divje živali, je ne lovi in je ne draži, tudi če je majhna in tudi če je videti, kot da spi ali je mrtva.
Pusti ji prostor. Če jo srečaš, ostani miren, počasi stopi nazaj in jo pusti, da gre svojo pot.
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Ne preži nate. Strup uporablja, da ulovi hrano ali se zaščiti, in se veliko raje skrije. Več o varnosti

Kje na svetu?

Afrika Azija Evropa Severna Amerika Južna Amerika Avstralija in Oceanija

Kako velika je?

Kako dolga je?

tako majhna, da bi sedela na tvojem nohtu

Kakšne velikosti je Army ant v primerjavi s TABO?

Samo matematika v tvojem brskalniku. Nič se ne shrani in nič se nikamor ne pošlje.

Kako hitra je?

Vrtni polž približno 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Army ant približno 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

Workers can link their bodies to form living bridges and fill holes in the trail, so the whole colony can move faster.1

A single raid can be up to 200 metres long and use up to 200,000 ants.1

Over 500 other species live around these colonies, more than for any other single species, and over 300 are thought to depend on them.1

Colonies move their living nest, called a bivouac, almost every night, taking six to eight hours to relocate.1

Colonies can have 100,000 to 600,000 adult ants, all from one queen.1

Workers are a mix of four sizes, and genetics as well as diet affect which size an ant becomes.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Eciton burchellii
Skupina: Mravlje
Družina: Formicidae2
Red: Hymenoptera
Celine: Severna Amerika, Južna Amerika
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

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