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Army ant

Eciton burchellii
Ka lebitso: The informal name "army ant" comes from its large, organised swarm raids.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Bohlwa Ho hlabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The Burchell's army ant is a tropical ant that moves in huge, organised swarms called raids. It lives in the jungles of Central and South America. Its raids are so large that many other animals, including birds, follow them to catch prey.1

E phela
Tropical jungles of Central and South America, from Mexico to Paraguay, including the Amazon1
Amerika Leboya, Amerika Borwa
Lapeng
Damp, well-shaded parts of the forest, avoiding direct sunlight and high elevations. Colonies make temporary living nests in hollow logs, animal burrows in the ground, or hanging in trees.1
Bolelele
3 mm ho isa ho 1,2 cm (0,1 in ho isa ho 0,5 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
Colonies go on daily or near-daily raids to capture insects and other small prey. Inbound ants carry the prey back to the colony. They also raid wasp nests and eat the larvae and pupae inside.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Army ant
Army ant. Foto: Alex Wild, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Colour varies from deep golden to dark brown.1
  • Workers are 3 mm to 12 mm long, and there are four sizes of worker.1
  • Soldiers have much larger heads and long, pointed, sickle-shaped jaws (mandibles).1
  • Long legs and an elongated body give it a spider-like appearance.1
  • Raids move as a loose swarm over the leaf litter on the forest floor.1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

E etsang ha e tshohile?

Soldier ants have much larger heads and specialised jaws for defence, and workers have a well-developed sting.1

Haeba e hlaba

  • Hlatswa moo e hlabileng teng mme o pholise.
  • Haeba motho a hema ka thata, sefahleho kapa qoqotho di ruruha, kapa a ikutlwa a tla idibala, ke tshohanyetso ya aletjhi (allergy): letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Army ant bolelele ba e ka bang 1,2 cm (0,5 in)Thollo ya raese e ka bang 7 mm (0,3 in)Tjhelete ya tshepe ya euro e le nngwe e ka bang 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
e nyenyane hoo e ka dulang lenalong la hao

Army ant e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

Workers can link their bodies to form living bridges and fill holes in the trail, so the whole colony can move faster.1

2

A single raid can be up to 200 metres long and use up to 200,000 ants.1

3

Over 500 other species live around these colonies, more than for any other single species, and over 300 are thought to depend on them.1

4

Colonies move their living nest, called a bivouac, almost every night, taking six to eight hours to relocate.1

5

Colonies can have 100,000 to 600,000 adult ants, all from one queen.1

6

Workers are a mix of four sizes, and genetics as well as diet affect which size an ant becomes.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Eciton burchellii
Sehlopha
Bohlwa
Lelapa
Formicidae2
Tatelano
Hymenoptera
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya, Amerika Borwa
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Eciton burchellii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Eciton burchellii (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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