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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis
Kuhusu jina: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Siafu na sisimizi KudungwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

Anaishi
Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1
Afrika
Nyumbani
Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1
Urefu
5 mm hadi 2.5 cm (0.2 in hadi 1 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.27 kwa saa (maili 0.17 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Matabele ant
Matabele ant. Picha: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
  • Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
  • Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
  • They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
  • Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.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?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.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

Wapi duniani?

AfrikaAsiaUlayaAmerika KaskaziniAmerika KusiniAustralia na Oceania

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Matabele ant urefu wa takriban 2.5 cm (1 in)Sarafu ya euro 1 takriban 2.3 cm (0.9 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)
karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasi

Matabele 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

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

2

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

3

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

4

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

5

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

6

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Megaponera analis
Kundi
Siafu na sisimizi
Familia
Formicidae2
Mpangilio
Hymenoptera
Mabara
Afrika
Watoto
The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Megaponera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Megaponera analis (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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