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Eastern lubber grasshopper

Romalea microptera
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula Sumu akiliwaSumu ya kugusa au kula, hadungi sumu
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The Eastern lubber grasshopper is one of the largest grasshoppers in the United States, with bright, easy-to-spot colours. It lives in the southeastern and south-central United States, including all of Florida. It is poisonous rather than venomous: it does not bite or sting, but it can harm animals that eat it.1

Anadunga sumu au ana sumu ya kugusa? Wanyama wanaodunga sumu huingiza sumu kwa kuuma au kudunga. Wanyama wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula hudhuru wakiguswa au kuliwa. Huyu ni wa aina ya pili.
Anaishi
Southeastern and south-central United States: west of North Carolina to Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and all of Florida1
Amerika Kaskazini
Nyumbani
It lives in open pinewoods, weedy vegetation and weedy fields.1
Urefu
4.3 cm hadi 9 cm (1.7 in hadi 3.5 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.5 kwa saa (maili 0.31 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Eastern lubber grasshopper
Eastern lubber grasshopper. Picha: http://www.birdphotos.com. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Nymphs are smaller than adults, wingless and completely black, with one or more yellow, orange or red stripes.1
  • Adults are dull yellow with black spots and markings, bright orange with black markings, or entirely black with yellow or red striping.1
  • Adult wings are usually much shorter than the body and cannot be used for flight.1
  • Adult males are typically 4.3–5.5 cm long and females 5–7 cm long, making them very large for a grasshopper.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Sumu akiliwa

Ni hatari tu kitu kikimla.

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 shows its bright colours as a warning, releases a dark, foul-smelling and foul-tasting foamy liquid from its thorax, and gives off a loud hiss to scare would-be attackers.1

Mtu akimgusa au kumla

  • Mtu akimla au akipata dalili baada ya kumla: piga namba ya dharura au kituo cha taarifa za sumu mara moja.

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.
  • Ukimgusa au kumla: usisugue macho wala mdomo, nawa mikono na utafute msaada wa kitabibu.

Hakuwindi wewe. Sumu yake ipo tu ili asiliwe na yeyote. Zaidi kuhusu kukaa salama

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Eastern lubber grasshopper urefu wa takriban 9 cm (3.5 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
urefu sawa na matofali 3 ya kuchezea yaliyopangwa mstari

Eastern lubber grasshopper ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Most predatory birds and mammals avoid it because of its toxicity, but large predatory insects can still catch and kill adults.1

2

It is one of the largest grasshoppers in the United States, along with the western horse lubber grasshopper.1

3

Its wings are too small for flight in most adults, so it relies on its colours and defences instead.1

4

Adults in the black colour form are widely known as 'diablo' or 'black diablo'.1

5

In Louisiana it is called the 'devil's horse' or 'cheval-diable', and in Mississippi it is known as the 'giant locust'.1

Kuvunja dhana potofu

Dhana potofu: Its bright colours are just for decoration.

Ukweli: The colours are a warning to predators that the grasshopper tastes unpleasant.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Romalea microptera
Kundi
Wanyama wengine wenye sumu ya kugusa au kula
Familia
Romaleidae2
Mpangilio
Orthoptera
Mabara
Amerika Kaskazini
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Romalea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Romalea microptera (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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