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Red bull ant

Myrmecia gulosa
Inauma tuInauma, lakini haitakudhuru vibaya.
Siafu na sisimizi KudungwaHula: Nyama
Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The red bull ant is a large ant that lives in eastern Australia. Adults can give a painful sting, and they are fierce hunters that can overpower bees and other ants. Their large size and aggressive behaviour make them one of Australia's best-known ants.1

Anaishi
Eastern Australia, mainly coastal Queensland and eastern New South Wales, with records in other Australian states1
Australia na Oceania
Nyumbani
They prefer open areas, where they are often seen foraging, and they build small mounds and nests with tunnel systems that can become quite extensive. They are often seen around burnt areas. They have been found from 121 to 2,000 m above sea level.1
Urefu
1.5 cm hadi 3 cm (0.6 in hadi 1.2 in)1
Kasi ya juu
takriban km 0.35 kwa saa (maili 0.22 kwa saa)
Nchi kavu, makadirio
Hula nini?
They are solitary predators and hunt prey such as bees and other ants. Adults cannot eat solid food, so they feed on the juices of their prey, while the meat is fed to the colony's larvae. Workers' infertile eggs are also part of their diet and are commonly fed to the queen and larvae.1
Kweli kabisa!Picha ya Red bull ant
Red bull ant. Picha: Tony Eales. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Jinsi ya kumtambua

  • Adults have a red-brown head and thorax (the middle part of the body).1
  • The rear half of the abdomen (the back of the body) is black.1
  • The mandibles (jaws) are brown-yellow and long, powerful and serrated (saw-edged).1
  • Adults measure about 15 to 30 mm in body length, making them one of the larger ant species.1

Nguvu ya sumu

Kudungwa

Sumu hutoka kupitia mdungo.

Sumu yake hufanya nini?

They have a venom-laced sting, which can cause severe pain for a couple of days.1

Ana hatari gani kwa watu?

Hatari kwa watu: InaumaInaweza kuuma sana, lakini karibu kamwe si jambo zito.

The sting causes severe pain that can last a couple of days. Red bull ants are described as notoriously aggressive hunters.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

Ana ukubwa gani?

Ana urefu gani?

Red bull ant urefu wa takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Kibanio cha karatasi takriban 3 cm (1.2 in)Simu janja takriban 15 cm (5.9 in)
karibu urefu sawa na kibanio cha karatasi

Red bull 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 cannot smell or use chemical senses like most ants, but their eyesight is extremely keen. They can spot and respond to intruders up to two metres away.1

2

Workers' infertile eggs are fed to the queen and larvae as part of their diet.1

3

The first specimen was collected in 1770 by Joseph Banks, making it one of the first Australian insects collected and described by a European.1

4

Their nests are built with tunnel systems that may become quite large.1

Kwa wataalamu wa sumu

Jina la kisayansi
Myrmecia gulosa
Kundi
Siafu na sisimizi
Familia
Formicidae2
Mpangilio
Hymenoptera
Mabara
Australia na Oceania
Hatari kwa watu
2 / 5: Inauma3

Ukweli unatoka wapi

  1. Myrmecia gulosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Myrmecia gulosa (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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