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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis
Nezvezita: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Masvosve InobayaInodya: Zvishoma zvezvose
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

The samsum ant is a small ant that lives across much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It often shares homes with people and is a common household pest. It matters because its sting is powerful and, in rare cases, can cause a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal.1

Inogara mu
Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Introduced to the United States in 1943, and invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1
Afrika, Asia
Kumba
Samsum ants are ground-dwelling and common around homes and towns, so people often meet them in households. In Iran, colonies were found along irrigation ditches in damp ground.1
Kureba
5 mm kusvika 6 mm (0,2 in kusvika 0,2 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)
Pasi pevhu, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
Samsum ants are omnivores and scavengers. They hunt small arthropods, including other ants, and sometimes larger ones such as cockroaches, using their stingers. They also eat seeds, which is unusual among ponerine ants.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waSamsum ant
Samsum ant. Mufananidzo: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • Body is dark brown to black-brown.1
  • Antennae, tarsi (foot segments) and tibiae (lower leg segments) are red.1
  • Body length is 5–6 mm.1
  • Head is broader than the mesosoma (the middle section of the body).1
  • Nest entrances are circular and 3–5 mm across.1

Simba reuturu

Inobaya

Uturu hunobuda nerumbori.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

The sting is powerful. In rare cases it can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and death.1

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

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

The sting is known to be powerful, and in rare cases it has led to anaphylactic shock and death. Stings have been linked to anaphylaxis in many parts of the world, and the ant is considered a common household pest in several regions.1

Inoitei kana yatya?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.1

Kana ikabaya

  • Geza pakabayiwa wotonhodza.
  • Kana munhu achinetseka kufema, chiso kana huro zvichizvimba, kana achinzwa kunge ofenda, ndiyo njodzi yeallergy: fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi.

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 ikakubaya: 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?

Samsum ant kunenge 6 mm kureba (0,2 in)Tsanga yemupunga kunenge 7 mm (0,3 in)Mari yesimbi ye1 euro kunenge 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
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Chokwadi

1

Their name comes from the Arabic word for "sharp sword", probably because of their sting.1

2

They are one of the only ponerine ants that eat seeds, having moved from a mostly meat diet to an omnivorous one.1

3

They are one of the few ponerine ants to be invasive, and they are considered invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

4

Among ponerine ants, the size difference between workers and queens is considered rare.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Brachyponera sennaarensis
Boka
Masvosve
Mhuri
Formicidae2
Odha
Hymenoptera
Makondinendi
Afrika, Asia
Vacheche
Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

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

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