Red-striped oil beetle
The red-striped oil beetle is a large beetle, about 5 cm long, with bright red bands across its body. It lives in dry, sunny places around the western Mediterranean, including Portugal, Spain and North Africa. It is special because it can squirt a caustic liquid when it is attacked.1

Matla a chefo
Letlalo la yona le a chefa. Ho kotsi ho e ama, ho e nyeka kapa ho e ja.
Chefo ya yona (e chefang ha o e ama kapa o e ja) e etsang?
When attacked, it can squirt a caustic liquid, the same defence used by other oil and blister beetles in the family Meloidae.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.E etsang ha e tshohile?
When attacked, it squirts a caustic liquid, and its bright red bands warn predators of this.1
Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele
- Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.
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 o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.
Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
e kgutshwane ho feta monwana wa hao o monyenyaneRed-striped oil beetle 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?
Dintlha
If a larva picks a honey bee as its host, it dies in the hive.1
The larvae change form several times during development, which is called hypermetamorphosis.1
Unlike some related beetles, the first larval stage does not wait on a host. It actively searches for one.1
Its larvae are only about 3 mm long, far smaller than the adult beetle.1
Entirely black and red-striped beetles are equally poisonous.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Berberomeloe majalis (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Berberomeloe majalis (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- 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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Chefo letlalong la yona


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