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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

O imenu: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

Mravlje

PikiJe: Meso

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

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

Živi v

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

Afrika

Domov

Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1

Dolžina

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

Največja hitrost

približno 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1

Fotografija: Matabele ant — Matabele ant. Fotografija: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.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?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.1

Če piči

Pike umij in ohladi.
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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?

približno tako dolga kot sponka za papir

Kakšne velikosti je Matabele 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)

Matabele ant približno 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Megaponera analis
Skupina: Mravlje
Družina: Formicidae2
Red: Hymenoptera
Celine: Afrika
Mladiči: The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

Megaponera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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