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Red-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris rhadamanthus
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Diboko le dikokoanyana 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 red-spotted assassin bug is a true bug with a black body and orange or red spots on its wings. It lives in open areas across southern and eastern Africa. It is venomous, and its sting is painful, similar to a hornet's.1

E phela
Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zanzibar1
Afrika
Lapeng
It prefers open areas with only a small amount of tree cover. The orange colour form has been kept as a pet.1
Bolelele
3,8 cm ho isa ho 4 cm (1,5 in ho isa ho 1,6 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
It is a nocturnal predator that feeds on small invertebrates, mainly rhinoceros beetles. It uses its needle-like mouthparts to suck the juices out of its prey.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya Red-spotted assassin bug
Red-spotted assassin bug. Foto: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • Body is black with orange or red spots on the front part of the wings.1
  • Legs are covered with short hair, and each thigh (femur) has a red band across it.1
  • Adults reach about 3.8 to 4 cm long.1
  • Orange and red colour forms look different but share the same body features.1

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: The orange colour form was once sold in the pet trade as Platymeris sp. "Mombo". It is now known to be a colour form of this same species, not a separate animal.1

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?

It is a venomous animal that injects venom when it stings. Its sting causes pain comparable to that of a hornet.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.

Its sting is painful, comparable to that of a hornet.1

Haeba e loma

  • Bakeng sa boya bo hlabang ba diboko: bo tlose ka theipi e kgomarelang, ebe o hlatswa letlalo. O se ke wa hohla.
  • Bakeng sa ho longwa: hlatswa mme o pholise. Fumana thuso ya bongaka haeba motho a ikutlwa a kula kapa a tswa madi habonolo.

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?

Red-spotted assassin bug bolelele ba e ka bang 4 cm (1,6 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka klipi ya pampiri

Red-spotted assassin bug 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

Rhinoceros beetles are its main prey, though it also eats other small invertebrates.1

2

Its mouthparts are needle-like, designed for sucking juices out of other insects.1

3

It is a nocturnal predator, so it hunts mainly at night.1

4

The orange and red colour forms are the same species, with the same body features, including the male and female genitalia.1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Platymeris rhadamanthus
Sehlopha
Diboko le dikokoanyana
Lelapa
Reduviidae2
Tatelano
Hemiptera
Dikontinente
Afrika
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Platymeris rhadamanthus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Platymeris rhadamanthus (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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