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Common desert centipede

Scolopendra polymorpha
Nezvezita: Its scientific name, polymorpha, means "many forms", because its colours vary so much from one centipede to another.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Macentipede Inoruma
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The common desert centipede is a large centipede that lives in the deserts and dry grasslands of western North America. It is known for its striped body and for its venom, which scientists are studying for possible medical uses.1

Inogara mu
Southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, north to the Pacific coast) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)1
Amerika yeKuchamhembe
Kumba
It lives in dry grasslands, forests and deserts. During the day it shelters in cool, moist places such as under desert rocks. It also digs burrows and sometimes lives inside rotting logs.1
Kureba
10 cm kusvika 18 cm (3,9 in kusvika 7,1 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 1,6 km/h (0,99 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waCommon desert centipede
Common desert centipede. Mufananidzo: Evrytte Carlson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • Adults usually measure 10 to 18 cm long.1
  • Each body segment has one dark stripe along its side, which gives it the name tiger centipede.1
  • Most have a darker brown, red or orange head, lighter brown, tan or orange body segments and yellow legs.1
  • Some populations, such as those in Southern California, are entirely light blue with indigo stripes and turquoise legs.1
  • Its antennae have seven or more smooth segments.1

Simba reuturu

Inoruma

Uturu hunobuda nemeno ayo painoruma.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

Its venom contains a peptide called SPC13 that kills or slows some bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In studies on mice, the venom damaged muscle, causing tissue death and abnormal mitochondria (the parts of cells that make energy). It may also affect the respiratory complexes, the chemical systems cells use to make energy, of the animals it hunts.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

Inoitei kana yatya?

Its venom is used to defend itself, but it cannot fully rebuild its venom within 48 hours, which limits how well it can defend itself.1

Kana ikaruma

  • Geza parumwa, potonhodze kana kupinza mumvura inodziya kuderedza marwadzo, uye wana rubatsiro rwechiremba kana zvikawedzera kuipa.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakuruma: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Common desert centipede kunenge 18 cm kureba (7,1 in)Bhanana kunenge 18 cm (7,1 in)Katsi yepamba kunenge 50 cm (1,6 ft)
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 6 zvakateedzanainogona kumhanya mamita 100 mumasekondi 220 (munhu anomhanyisa kupfuura vose anoda 9.6)

Common desert centipede yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

Its venom contains a peptide that has shown antimicrobial activity against bacteria that cause hospital infections.1

2

Within two days it regenerates 65 to 86% of its venom volume, but its venom levels do not return to their original amounts even after 7 months.1

3

The bigger the centipede, the slower its venom regenerates, so body size limits how quickly it can recover its venom.1

4

Its colours are so varied that its species name, polymorpha, means "many forms".1

5

It is most active at night during the cool winter months, or during the summer New Mexico Monsoon, when it is cooler and wetter.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Scolopendra polymorpha
Boka
Macentipede
Mhuri
Scolopendridae2
Odha
Scolopendromorpha
Makondinendi
Amerika yeKuchamhembe
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Scolopendra polymorpha (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra polymorpha (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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