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Red bull ant

Myrmecia gulosa

Samo boliBoli, a te ne bo resno poškodovala.

PikiJe: Meso

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

The red bull ant is a large ant that lives in eastern Australia. Adults can give a painful sting, and they are fierce hunters that can overpower bees and other ants. Their large size and aggressive behaviour make them one of Australia's best-known ants.1

Živi v

Eastern Australia, mainly coastal Queensland and eastern New South Wales, with records in other Australian states1

Avstralija in Oceanija

Domov

They prefer open areas, where they are often seen foraging, and they build small mounds and nests with tunnel systems that can become quite extensive. They are often seen around burnt areas. They have been found from 121 to 2,000 m above sea level.1

Dolžina

1,5 cm do 3 cm (0,6 in do 1,2 in)1

Največja hitrost

približno 0,35 km/h (0,22 mph)

Na kopnem, groba ocena

Kaj je?

They are solitary predators and hunt prey such as bees and other ants. Adults cannot eat solid food, so they feed on the juices of their prey, while the meat is fed to the colony's larvae. Workers' infertile eggs are also part of their diet and are commonly fed to the queen and larvae.1

Fotografija: Red bull ant — Red bull ant. Fotografija: Tony Eales. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Kako jo prepoznaš

Adults have a red-brown head and thorax (the middle part of the body).1
The rear half of the abdomen (the back of the body) is black.1
The mandibles (jaws) are brown-yellow and long, powerful and serrated (saw-edged).1
Adults measure about 15 to 30 mm in body length, making them one of the larger ant species.1

Moč strupa

Piki

Strup pride ven skozi želo.

Kaj naredi njen strup, ko ugrizne ali piči?

They have a venom-laced sting, which can cause severe pain for a couple of days.1

Kako nevarna je za ljudi?

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

The sting causes severe pain that can last a couple of days. Red bull ants are described as notoriously aggressive hunters.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?

približno tako dolga kot sponka za papir

Kakšne velikosti je Red bull ant v primerjavi s TABO?

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

Kako hitra je?

Želva približno 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Red bull ant približno 0,35 km/h (0,22 mph)

Človek, ki hodi približno 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

vredno vedeti

Dejstva

They cannot smell or use chemical senses like most ants, but their eyesight is extremely keen. They can spot and respond to intruders up to two metres away.1

Workers' infertile eggs are fed to the queen and larvae as part of their diet.1

The first specimen was collected in 1770 by Joseph Banks, making it one of the first Australian insects collected and described by a European.1

Their nests are built with tunnel systems that may become quite large.1

Za strokovnjake za strupe

Znanstveno ime: Myrmecia gulosa
Skupina: Mravlje
Družina: Formicidae2
Red: Hymenoptera
Celine: Avstralija in Oceanija
Nevarnost za ljudi: 2 / 5: Boleče3

Od kod so dejstva

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