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Army ant

Eciton burchellii
Kuhusu jina: The informal name "army ant" comes from its large, organised swarm raids.1
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Siafu na sisimizi KudungwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The Burchell's army ant is a tropical ant that moves in huge, organised swarms called raids. It lives in the jungles of Central and South America. Its raids are so large that many other animals, including birds, follow them to catch prey.1

Anaishi
Tropical jungles of Central and South America, from Mexico to Paraguay, including the Amazon1
Amerika Kaskazini, Amerika Kusini
Nyumbani
Damp, well-shaded parts of the forest, avoiding direct sunlight and high elevations. Colonies make temporary living nests in hollow logs, animal burrows in the ground, or hanging in trees.1
Urefu
3 mm hadi 1.2 cm (0.1 in hadi 0.5 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.19 kwa saa (maili 0.12 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
Colonies go on daily or near-daily raids to capture insects and other small prey. Inbound ants carry the prey back to the colony. They also raid wasp nests and eat the larvae and pupae inside.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Army ant
Army ant. Picha: Alex Wild, no known copyright restrictions (public domain). Public domain, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Colour varies from deep golden to dark brown.1
  • Workers are 3 mm to 12 mm long, and there are four sizes of worker.1
  • Soldiers have much larger heads and long, pointed, sickle-shaped jaws (mandibles).1
  • Long legs and an elongated body give it a spider-like appearance.1
  • Raids move as a loose swarm over the leaf litter on the forest floor.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

Soldier ants have much larger heads and specialised jaws for defence, and workers have a well-developed sting.1

Akidunga

  • Osha na upoze sehemu zilizodungwa.
  • Mtu akipata shida ya kupumua, uso au koo likivimba, au akijisikia kuzimia, hiyo ni dharura ya mzio: piga namba ya dharura.

Daima piga namba ya dharura kwanza (112, 000, 911). Huu ni mwongozo wa jumla wa huduma ya kwanza, si ushauri wa kitabibu. Misingi ya huduma ya kwanza

Kaa salama

  • Kamwe usimguse, kumkamata wala kumchokoza mnyama wa porini, hata akiwa mdogo, na hata akionekana amelala au amekufa.
  • Mpe nafasi. Ukikutana naye, tulia, rudi nyuma polepole na umwache aende zake.
  • Akikudunga: tulia, usitikisike, piga namba yako ya dharura (112, 000, 911) au nenda hospitali haraka. Kumbuka alivyoonekana, picha husaidia.

Hakuwindi wewe. Hutumia sumu yake kukamata chakula au kujilinda, na hupendelea zaidi kujificha. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Army ant urefu wa takriban 1.2 cm (0.5 in)Punje ya mchele takriban 7 mm (0.3 in)Sarafu ya euro 1 takriban 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
mdogo kiasi cha kukaa juu ya ukucha wako

Army ant ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

Ni hesabu tu kwenye kivinjari chako. Hakuna kinachohifadhiwa wala kutumwa popote.

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Workers can link their bodies to form living bridges and fill holes in the trail, so the whole colony can move faster.1

2

A single raid can be up to 200 metres long and use up to 200,000 ants.1

3

Over 500 other species live around these colonies, more than for any other single species, and over 300 are thought to depend on them.1

4

Colonies move their living nest, called a bivouac, almost every night, taking six to eight hours to relocate.1

5

Colonies can have 100,000 to 600,000 adult ants, all from one queen.1

6

Workers are a mix of four sizes, and genetics as well as diet affect which size an ant becomes.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Eciton burchellii
Kundi
Siafu na sisimizi
Familia
Formicidae2
Mpangilio
Hymenoptera
Mabara
Amerika Kaskazini, Amerika Kusini
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Eciton burchellii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Eciton burchellii (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
  3. Venom Wiki: kiwango cha hatari, ukubwa wa kawaida na makadirio ya kasi ni yetu wenyewe. Ona jinsi tunavyovipata: Jinsi tunavyopima hatari.

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