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Giant desert centipede

Scolopendra heros
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Di-centipede Ho lomaE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The giant desert centipede is the largest centipede in North America. It lives in dry deserts and rocky woodlands in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and its bite is very painful.1

E phela
Southwestern United States (from New Mexico and Arizona east to Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana) and northern Mexico1
Amerika Leboya
Lapeng
Found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts and other dry and semi-arid places, as well as rocky woodland, such as in Arkansas. It stays underground on warm days and comes out in cloudy weather.1
Bolelele
20 cm (7,9 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 1,9 km/h (1,2 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It hunts mainly at night for invertebrates and small vertebrates, including rodents, reptiles and amphibians. It can reach into the air to grab small flying insects, and uses its venom to subdue prey.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Giant desert centipede
Giant desert centipede. Foto: gilaman. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • The largest centipede in North America1
  • Average length about 17 cm (6.5 in), and up to 20 cm (8 in) in the wild1
  • Has 21 or 23 pairs of legs1
  • The Texas and Arkansas form has a red head and a greenish black body and tail1
  • Several colour variants are known1

Matla a chefo

Ho loma

Chefo e tswa ka meno a yona a chefo (fangs) kapa ka meno a mang ha e loma.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

Its venom is similar to that of other Scolopendra centipedes. It acts as a cytolysin, which damages cell membranes and ruptures cells, and it contains heart-affecting (cardiotoxic) proteins. The exact effects of the venom have not been fully studied, because it is hard to collect in useful amounts and breaks down quickly once processed.1

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.

Bites cause sharp, searing pain and swelling in people, and there have never been any confirmed deaths from this species. Occasional symptoms include nausea, headache and localised skin death (necrosis). Severe cases, including kidney failure from muscle breakdown and heart attack, have been reported from Scolopendra bites in general.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

Its bright warning colours are a signal to predators to leave it alone.1

Haeba e loma

  • Hlatswa moo e lomileng teng, o pholise kapa o ho kenye metsing a futhumetseng bakeng sa bohloko, mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka haeba ho mpefala.

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 loma: 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?

Giant desert centipede bolelele ba e ka bang 20 cm (7,9 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 6 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 190 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

Giant desert centipede 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

It can grab small flying insects out of the air.1

2

It is the largest centipede found in North America.1

3

Its colours change between variants, and the red-headed form found in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas is especially well known.1

4

It is a slow-growing species that can live for more than a decade.1

5

It grows slowly, and it keeps the same number of body segments for its whole life.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: A bite from this centipede is deadly.

Nnete: No deaths from its bites have been confirmed. For people, the bite usually causes sharp pain and swelling in the area bitten.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Scolopendra heros
Sehlopha
Di-centipede
Lelapa
Scolopendridae2
Tatelano
Scolopendromorpha
Dikontinente
Amerika Leboya
Masea
It hatches from eggs.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Scolopendra heros (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scolopendra heros (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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