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Common bombardier beetle

Brachinus crepitans
Kuhusu jina: The scientific name comes from a Latin word meaning crackle, because the beetle makes a crackling noise.1
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Viwavi na wadudu Hunyunyiza au kutemaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The common bombardier beetle is a small ground beetle, about the size of a grain of rice. When disturbed, it sprays a hot, explosive-sounding chemical mix from its rear end to drive attackers away. It lives in parts of Europe, central and west Asia, and northern Africa, including southern England and southern Wales.1

Anaishi
Europe, central and west Asia, northern Africa, including southern England, southern Wales and parts of Ukraine1
Ulaya
Nyumbani
It lives in dry, sunny areas and is usually found under stones. It is also found in calcareous grasslands, arable land and chalk quarries. In the UK it is abundant in coastal areas and has been found inland too, including in the Cotswolds and Northamptonshire.1
Urefu
7 mm hadi 1 cm (0.3 in hadi 0.4 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.39 kwa saa (maili 0.24 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
The larvae are thought to be external parasites that feed on the pupae of other beetles, including Amara convexiuscula and Tasgius ater.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Common bombardier beetle
Common bombardier beetle. Picha: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Length is 7 to 10.2 millimetres, with an average of 8 millimetres.1
  • Head and pronotum (the plate behind the head) are brown.1
  • Wing cases (elytra) are greenish.1
  • Usually found under stones in dry, sunny places.1
  • Adults fly from May to June.1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: It is very similar to Brachinus efflans.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Hunyunyiza au kutema

Hunyunyiza au kutema kimiminika kinachowasha kwa washambulizi.

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When disturbed, it shoots a liquid from two glands at its rear end. The two chemicals mix in a firing chamber, where they explode and harm the attacker.1

Akikunyunyizia

  • Kwa manyoya ya kiwavi yanayowasha: yaondoe kwa utepe unaonata, kisha osha ngozi. Usisugue.
  • Kwa kuumwa: osha na upoze. Tafuta msaada wa kitabibu mtu akijisikia vibaya au akivuja damu kwa urahisi.

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.
  • Akikunyunyizia: 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?

Common bombardier beetle urefu wa takriban 1 cm (0.4 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

Common bombardier beetle ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Its defence is a chemical spray. Two substances from separate glands mix with enzymes in a firing chamber and explode.1

2

Its name comes from a Latin word meaning crackle, because it makes a crackling noise.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Brachinus crepitans
Kundi
Viwavi na wadudu
Familia
Carabidae2
Mpangilio
Coleoptera
Mabara
Ulaya
Watoto
The full life cycle is not known. The larvae are thought to be external parasites that feed on the pupae of other beetle species.1
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Brachinus crepitans (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachinus crepitans (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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