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European fire ant

Myrmica rubra

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

PikiJe: Malo vsega

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

The European fire ant is a small red ant that lives across much of Europe and Asia, and has spread to parts of North America. It nests under stones, under fallen trees and in soil, including in meadows and gardens. It is worth knowing about because it will defend its nest aggressively and has a stinger.1

Živi v

Europe, from Portugal to East Siberia and northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone; introduced to parts of North America1

Evropa, Azija

Domov

Lives under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. It is very common in meadows and gardens in Europe and the UK, so people often meet it there.1

Dolžina

3,5 mm do 7 mm (0,1 in do 0,3 in)1

Največja hitrost

približno 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

Feeds on honeydew produced by aphids and on many kinds of insects and other small invertebrates. It also eats pollen, which is rarely recorded in ants of the temperate zone. Workers search the area around the nest for plant and animal food.1

Fotografija: European fire ant — European fire ant. Fotografija: Even Dankowicz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Mainly red in colour, with a slightly darker head1
Workers are yellowish brown, 3.5 to 5.5 mm long1
Smooth, shiny frontal triangle on the head1
Queens are a little larger, 5.5 to 7.0 mm long, with a larger thorax1
Males have a darker body than queens and workers1

Pogosto zamenjujejo z: Very similar to M. ruginodis. M. rubra is common in southern England and becomes rarer further north, whereas M. ruginodis is common all over the UK, including northern Scotland.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.

These ants are aggressive. They often attack rather than run away, and will attack any creature that disturbs their nest. They are less aggressive than the red imported fire ant.1

Kaj naredi, ko se prestraši?

Attacks any creature that disturbs its nest, rather than running away.1

Če piči

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Ostani varen

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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 European fire 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)

European fire ant približno 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

Colonies can have up to one hundred queens in a single nest.1

Queens can live up to fifteen years.1

Workers pick up dead nest-mates and carry them up to 3 metres away from the nest.1

The larvae of the Alcon blue and scarce large blue butterflies use this ant as their main host.1

Nuptial flights in Europe usually take place from late July to mid-August, when hundreds of young queens and males fly to mate. The males die afterwards, and the queens shed their wings to start new colonies.1

Razbijalec mitov

Mit: The smaller queens, once thought to be a separate social parasite called M. microrubra, are a different species.

Resnica: More recent DNA analysis shows they share a gene pool with the regular queens, so they are not a different species. They are a smaller queen caste (microgynes) that can also found their own colonies.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Myrmica rubra
Skupina: Mravlje
Družina: Formicidae2
Red: Hymenoptera
Celine: Evropa, Azija
Mladiči: Queens gather together after their nuptial flight, form a nest and lay their eggs in it.1
Življenjska doba: približno 15 let1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Myrmica rubra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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