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Jack jumper ant

Myrmecia pilosula

Kuhusu jina: The specific name pilosula comes from the Latin word pilosa, meaning 'covered with soft hair'. The common name 'jack jumper' comes from its jumping motion.1

Anahitaji daktariMara chache huua, lakini kudungwa kunahitaji daktari.

Siafu na sisimizi

KudungwaHula: Wadudu

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKudungwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

The jack jumper ant is a venomous ant native to Australia. It is most common in Tasmania and south-east mainland Australia, and it is known for jumping long distances when it is disturbed. Its sting is usually mild, but it is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to people.1

Anaishi

Australia, mostly Tasmania and south-east mainland; widespread in most of Australia; not verified in the Northern Territory1

Australia na Oceania

Nyumbani

Jack jumper ants live in open places such as gardens, lawns, pastures, woodlands and dry open forests, usually on fine gravel and sandy soil. In suburbs they build nests in rockeries, cracks in concrete walls and grass, and they are less common in urban areas.1

Urefu

1.1 cm hadi 1.6 cm (0.4 in hadi 0.6 in)1

Kasi ya juu

takriban km 0.19 kwa saa (maili 0.12 kwa saa)

Nchi kavu, makadirio

Hula nini?

Jack jumper ants prey on small insects. They kill other insects by injecting venom through a barbless stinger. Their food also includes nectar.1

Picha ya Jack jumper ant — Jack jumper ant. Picha: Tony Eales. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

Black or blackish-red body, sometimes with yellow or orange legs1
Antennae, lower legs and mandibles (jaws) are yellow or orange1
Workers are medium-sized, about 12 to 14 mm long1
Grey, short hair on the body, longer on the back part of the abdomen1
Leaps about 51 to 76 mm when disturbed, and forms mounds of gravel and soil as nests1

Mara nyingi huchanganywa na: Other Myrmecia ants, such as M. nigrocincta, also jump when disturbed, so jumping alone does not identify this species.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

The venom is unusually likely to cause allergy for an insect venom. In most people a sting causes only a mild reaction at the site. In people who are allergic, it can cause anaphylaxis, a severe whole-body reaction with a faster heart rate and falling blood pressure.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: MbayaKudungwa kunahitaji daktari. Vifo ni nadra sana.

Most stings cause only a mild local reaction, but the jack jumper is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to humans. The venom causes about 90% of ant allergies in Australia. In areas where it lives, up to 3% of people may be allergic, and about half of those can have anaphylaxis, which rarely leads to death. Between 1980 and 2000, four people died from anaphylaxis caused by jack jumper stings, all in Tasmania.1

Hufanya nini akiogopa?

When disturbed, they become aggressive towards humans, and they can see and follow an intruder from about 1 m away.1

Akidunga

For people prone to severe allergic reactions, the treatment is allergen immunotherapy, also called desensitisation.1
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

Wapi duniani?

Afrika Asia Ulaya Amerika Kaskazini Amerika Kusini Australia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

mfupi kuliko kidole chako kidogo

Jack jumper ant ana ukubwa gani ukilinganisha na WEWE?

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

Ana kasi gani?

Konokono wa bustanini takriban km 0.05 kwa saa (0.03 mph)

Jack jumper ant takriban km 0.19 kwa saa (0.12 mph)

Kobe takriban km 0.3 kwa saa (0.19 mph)

inafaa kujua

Ukweli

Their leaps are about 51 to 76 mm, which is a long jump for an ant of this size.1

They decorate their nests with seeds, soil, charcoal, stones, sticks and small dead invertebrates, which help trap the sun's warmth.1

William Morton Wheeler compared them to 'Lilliputian cavalry galloping to battle' when they were disturbed.1

Workers are gamergates, so they can reproduce with males whether or not a queen is present in the colony.1

Rove beetles of the genus Heterothops often live in jack jumper nests and raise their young there.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi: Myrmecia pilosula
Kundi: Siafu na sisimizi
Familia: Formicidae2
Mpangilio: Hymenoptera
Mabara: Australia na Oceania
Hatari kwa watu: 3 / 5: Mbaya3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

Jack jumper ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Myrmecia pilosula (iNaturalist): majina na uainishaji.
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