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Tropical fire ant

Solenopsis geminata

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

Ho hlaba

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

The tropical fire ant is a small ant that builds mounds in open, sunny soil. It is native to the Americas, including the Caribbean, but has spread through much of the tropics with human transport. Its venom can cause severe allergic reactions, so it is important to know what it looks like and where it lives.1

E phela

Native to Northern, Central and South America, including the Caribbean. Now spread throughout the tropics by human means.1

Amerika Leboya, Amerika Borwa

Lapeng

Nests are built mainly in soil in open, sunny areas. They form craters or mounds up to about 60 cm wide and 30 cm tall, with up to about 20 entrance holes per nest. In places where they have been introduced, mounds can be very dense, up to about 2,500 to 3,700 per hectare.1

Bolelele

5 mm (0,2 in)3

boholo bo tlwaelehileng ba e hodileng

Lebelo le phahameng

e ka bang 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Naheng, kakanyo feela

Foto ya Tropical fire ant — Tropical fire ant. Foto: Reynante Martinez. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

Builds craters or mounds in the soil, usually in open, sunny places.1
Each mound can have up to about 20 entrance holes.1
Mounds can be found in groups of 10 to 80 per acre in native habitats, and far more where introduced.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 venom is a mix that includes the lipophilic alkaloid solenopsin, a fat-loving chemical and a major part of the venom. Its venom is comparable in power to that of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). It can cause severe allergic reactions, especially anaphylactic shock, a sudden and dangerous whole-body allergic reaction.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 venom is comparable in power and dangerousness to that of the red imported fire ant. Its allergic reactions, especially anaphylactic shock, can threaten human survival.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

Tropical fire 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)

Tropical fire ant e ka bang 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

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

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

Colonies can spread by floating, and new queens can start colonies after a nuptial flight.1

Its worldwide range is even larger than that of the red imported fire ant, another invasive fire ant.1

It can interbreed with other closely related fire ant species.1

It is native to the Americas but has spread across the tropics, largely through human transport.1

Colonies can have a single queen (monogyne) or many reproductive queens (polygyne).1

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense: Solenopsis geminata
Sehlopha: Bohlwa
Lelapa: Formicidae2
Tatelano: Hymenoptera
Dikontinente: Amerika Leboya, Amerika Borwa
Kotsi ho batho: 2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

Solenopsis geminata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Solenopsis geminata (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
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