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European beewolf

Philanthus triangulum
Kuhusu jina: The name comes from the wasp's habit of hunting bees, as a wolf hunts other animals.1
Hana madharaHana madhara kwa watu. Hakuna cha kuhofia.
Nyuki, nyigu na mavu KudungwaHula: Mimea
Hatari kwa watu: HafifuKama kudungwa na nyuki au chini ya hapo. Kimsingi hana madhara kwa watu.

The European beewolf is a solitary wasp, not a bee. It lives across Europe, North Africa and parts of Africa. The female hunts honey bees to feed her young, which is why it is named after them.1

Anaishi
Western Palearctic and Afrotropics, from Scandinavia to South Africa1
Ulaya, Afrika
Nyumbani
It is found mainly on open sandy ground, such as lowland heathland and coastal dunes. It is less often found on clay, and in Britain it has dug burrows in coal dust, ash and coal mining spoil heaps.1
Urefu
1.6 cm (0.6 in)3
ukubwa wa kawaida wa mnyama mzima
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 25 kwa saa (maili 16 kwa saa)
Anayeruka, makadirio
Hula nini?
Adults feed on nectar from flowers such as bramble, sea-holly, heather, thrift and common ragwort. Females hunt western honey bees to provide food for their larvae, and may collect up to 100 bees during their flight period.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya European beewolf
European beewolf. Picha: Ben Jobson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Bold yellow and black markings on the abdomen1
  • Males have trident-shaped markings between their bluish eyes1
  • Females are larger, with a reddish stripe behind the eyes and a pale face1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The female stings its bee prey to paralyse them, so they stay alive but cannot move. The paralysed bees are stored in the nest as food for the larvae.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

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

Akidunga

  • Kwangua mwiba wa nyuki na upoze mahali hapo.
  • Mtu akipata shida ya kupumua, uso au koo likivimba, au akijisikia kuzimia, hiyo ni dharura ya mzio: piga namba ya dharura na umtumie kalamu yake ya adrenalini kama anayo.

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?

European beewolf urefu wa takriban 1.6 cm (0.6 in)Punje ya mchele takriban 7 mm (0.3 in)Sarafu ya euro 1 takriban 2.3 cm (0.9 in)
mfupi kuliko kidole chako kidogoangeweza kuruka kuvuka uwanja mzima wa mpira kwa sekunde 15

European beewolf ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

1

Females protect their young from mould by applying a secretion to the bees, and the egg releases nitric oxide that kills growing fungi.1

2

Females also secrete a substance containing Streptomyces bacteria, which protect the larva's cocoon from fungal infection.1

3

The female hunts honey bees, and the species is apparently the only one in its genus that specialises in western honey bees.1

4

Nests can form large groups, with as many as 15,000 burrows in one aggregation.1

5

Niko Tinbergen's experiments showed that the wasp identifies its nest by sight.1

6

In Britain it was once considered one of the great rarities among stinging wasps, but its range has expanded northwards as summers have grown warmer.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Philanthus triangulum
Kundi
Nyuki, nyigu na mavu
Familia
Crabronidae2
Mpangilio
Hymenoptera
Mabara
Ulaya, Afrika
Watoto
The female lays an egg in an underground brood cell with several paralysed bees as food for the larva, and in cooler regions the larva overwinters.1
Hali yake porini
RDB2 (vulnerable) in Britain, though this may be revised because its range and numbers have increased1
Hatari kwa watu
1 / 5: Hafifu3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. European beewolf (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Philanthus triangulum (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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