Thistledown velvet ant
MudidThe thistledown velvet ant is a mid-sized member of the Dasymutilla genus, a group known as velvet ants. Its females have no wings and live in hot deserts in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. Females can deliver a very painful sting, so it is best to leave them alone.1

Sida loo aqoonsado
- Only the females are wingless.1
- It is mid-sized for a velvet ant, larger than some of the smallest species but smaller than some of the largest.1
- Females are camouflaged. They look like the fruit of the Creosotebush rather than having the bright warning colours seen in many other velvet ants.1
Inta badan lagu khaldaa: Unlike the orange Dasymutilla species found in the same habitat, this species does not use bright orange or warning colours. Its camouflage helps it blend into the desert plants around it.1
Awoodda sunta
Suntu waxay ka soo baxdaa mudde.
Intee buu dadka khatar ugu yahay?
Khatarta dadka: Xanuun badanAad buu u xanuunjin karaa, laakiin ku dhowaad weligiis khatar weyn ma aha.Females can deliver a very painful sting when threatened. Its sting is more powerful than those of most smaller velvet ants, but weaker than those of most larger ones.1
Muxuu sameeyaa marka uu baqo?
Females use their sting to defend themselves when threatened.1
Haddii uu mudo
- Ka xoq mudidda shinnida oo meesha qabooji.
- Haddii qofku neefsashada ku dhibtoonayo, wejiga ama cunaha ay bararaan, ama uu dareemayo inuu suuxayo, waa xaalad xasaasiyadeed oo degdeg ah: wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah oo isticmaal qalinkiisa adrenaline-ka haddii uu haysto.
Marka hore had iyo jeer wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911). Kani waa hage guud oo gargaar degdeg ah, ma aha talo caafimaad. Aasaaska gargaarka degdegga ah
Badbaado
- Weligaa ha taaban, ha qaban, hana ku ciyaarin xayawaan duurjoog ah, xitaa mid yar, xitaa haddii uu u muuqdo inuu hurdo ama dhintay.
- Meel u bannee. Haddii aad mid la kulanto, deg, tartiib dib ugu noqo oo u daa inuu jidkiisa maro.
- Haddii mid ku mudo: deg, ha dhaqaaqin, wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911) ama si degdeg ah u tag isbitaalka. Xusuuso sida uu u egyahay, sawir ayaa caawiya.
Kuma raadinayo. Suntiisa wuxuu u isticmaalaa inuu cunto ku qabsado ama isku difaaco, wuxuuna aad u door bidaa inuu dhuunto. Wax badan oo ku saabsan badbaadada
Intee buu le'eg yahay?
Intee buu dherer le'eg yahay?
ka gaaban faraha yarIntee buu Thistledown velvet ant le'eg yahay marka ADIGA laguu barbar dhigo?
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Xaqiiqooyin
Its females are camouflaged to look like Creosotebush fruit, instead of using the bright warning colours common to other velvet ants.1
Its colouring seems to be mainly an adaptation to hot desert conditions, not a defence against predators.1
Its internal and external body temperatures are lower than those of orange Dasymutilla species living in the same habitat.1
Its sting is stronger than those of most smaller velvet ants, but weaker than those of most larger ones.1
Like other velvet ants, only the wingless females have the sting used for defence.1
Meesha xaqiiqooyinku ka yimaadaan
- Dasymutilla gloriosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dasymutilla gloriosa (iNaturalist): magacyada iyo kala soocidda.
- Venom Wiki: heerka khatarta, cabbirka caadiga ah iyo qiyaasta xawaaraha annaga ayaa sameeyay. Eeg sida aan u xisaabinno: Sida aan u qiimeyno khatarta.
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