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Green-head ant

Rhytidoponera metallica

Ka lebitso: The scientific name metallica refers to the ant's metallic look, which ranges from green to purple.1

E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.

Bohlwa

Ho hlabaE ja: Hanyane ka tsohle

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

The green-head ant is a small, shiny ant that lives in Australia. It has a metallic colour that can look green, purple or reddish-violet. It is one of the most widespread insects in Australia, and it can give a painful, venomous sting.1

E phela

Found in almost every Australian state except Tasmania. Introduced to New Zealand.1

Australia le Oceania

Lapeng

Green-head ants live in deserts, heath, open forests, woodland and urban areas. They are abundant in lawns and gardens in cities. They nest underground below logs, stones, twigs and shrubs, in decayed wooden stumps, and sometimes in termite mounds.1

Bolelele

5 mm ho isa ho 7 mm (0,2 in ho isa ho 0,3 in)1

Lebelo le phahameng

e ka bang 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Naheng, kakanyo feela

E ja eng?

Green-head ants hunt arthropods and small insects. They also collect sweet substances such as honeydew from sap-sucking insects.1

Foto ya Green-head ant — Green-head ant. Foto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

Measures 5 to 7 mm long.1
Metallic colour that varies by region, from green to purple or reddish-violet.1
Hard, heavily armoured body with a single-segmented waist.1
Queens and workers look similar and differ mainly in size. Males are the smallest and look black and dark.1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: Residents of northern Queensland use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), so the two can be confused by name. The name 'green-head ant' is more specific.1

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

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

The sting is painful and venomous. It can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, in people who are sensitive to it.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.

The sting can cause anaphylactic shock in sensitive people. Ordinary stings are described as painful.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?

Afrika Asia Yuropa Amerika Leboya Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

e nyenyane hoo e ka dulang lenalong la hao

Green-head 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?

Kgofu ya serapeng e ka bang 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Green-head ant e ka bang 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Kgudu e ka bang 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

Green-head ants are among the first insects to appear in burnt-off areas, arriving once the embers have stopped smouldering.1

Workers can reproduce with winged males, so queens are rarely produced in colonies.1

They are useful to farmers because they prey on agricultural pests such as beetles, moths and termites.1

They help plants by scattering and eating seeds from a variety of species, which plays an important role in seed dispersal.1

The short-beaked echidna and a number of bird species prey on them.1

The ant was introduced to New Zealand, where it was first seen in 1959, probably on cargoes of timber.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The name 'green ant' always means the green-head ant.

Nnete: In northern Queensland, residents use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant, so the shortened name can cause confusion.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense: Rhytidoponera metallica
Sehlopha: Bohlwa
Lelapa: Formicidae2
Tatelano: Hymenoptera
Dikontinente: Australia le Oceania
Kotsi ho batho: 2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Green-head ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Rhytidoponera metallica (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
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