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Large velvet ant

Mutilla europaea
Ka lebitso: The name "velvet ant" comes from the dense, velvet-like bristles (setae) that cover its body.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The large velvet ant is not really an ant. It is a wasp, and the females have no wings and look like fuzzy ants. It lives in parts of Europe, Asia and North Africa, in heaths, moors, grasslands and woodland. Its sting is painful, but it is not aggressive.1

E phela
Most of Europe, east to China, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. In Great Britain, mainly the south and east, and recently as far north as Aberdeenshire.1
Yuropa, Asia
Lapeng
It lives in heaths, moors, chalk grassland and woodland. In England it is most closely linked to lowland heaths, where females are often seen running across sandy paths.1
Bolelele
1,4 cm (0,6 in)3
boholo bo tlwaelehileng ba e hodileng
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
The larvae are parasitoids that eat the pupae of bumblebees, and occasionally honeybees, inside the host nest. Adults feed on nectar, and on the honey stores of host bees.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Large velvet ant
Large velvet ant. Foto: Michael Knapp. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Males are dark red on the tip of the mandibles (jaws) and on the thorax.1
  • The first and second segments of the abdomen have bands of long silver bristles.1
  • The tip of the abdomen and much of the body are covered in long black bristles.1
  • Females have a red mesonotum (the upper middle part of the thorax) and silver-spotted flanks along the abdomen.1
  • Some males are completely black, and colour varies between individuals.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. Its venom is much less toxic than the venom of a honeybee.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 wasp is not aggressive and only stings people when handled. Its sting is painful but less toxic than a honeybee's.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened, it stridulates by rubbing a raised structure called the plectrum over ridges on its abdomen, which makes a sound.1

Haeba e hlaba

  • Kgwaratla lemao la notshi o le ntshe mme o pholise sebaka seo.
  • 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 mme o sebedise pene ya hae ya adrenaline (adrenaline auto-injector) haeba a na le yona.

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

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Large velvet ant bolelele ba e ka bang 1,4 cm (0,6 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

Large velvet 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

Their thick, armoured skin is so strong that related species in North America have been reported to escape from the mouths of lizards and frogs.1

2

Females can sneak into the nests of paper wasps and steal their food stores, possibly because they can disguise their scent so the paper wasps cannot detect them.1

3

The size of the adult wasp depends partly on the size of its host: wasps raised in honeybees are smaller than those raised in bumblebees.1

4

Females are wingless, but males have wings.1

5

Males die soon after emerging in autumn, while females hibernate over winter, sometimes in the host nest or at the roots of low plants.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The nickname "cow killer" means the sting can kill cows.

Nnete: The nickname is inappropriate. Its sting is painful, but its venom is much less toxic than a honeybee's, and it is not aggressive.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Mutilla europaea
Sehlopha
Dinotshi, di-wasp le di-hornet
Lelapa
Mutillidae2
Tatelano
Hymenoptera
Dikontinente
Yuropa, Asia
Masea
The female lays an egg into a bee cocoon, where the wasp larva feeds on the host pupa.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Mutilla europaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Mutilla europaea (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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