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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

ብዛዕባ እቲ ስም፦ 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

የቐንዚ ጥራይየቐንዚ እዩ፣ ግን ከቢድ ጉድኣት ኣየውርደልካን።

ጻጽዕታት

ምንዳፋትዝበልዖ፦ ስጋ

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።

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

ዝነብረሉ

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

ኣፍሪቃ

መበገሲ

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

ንውሓት

ካብ 5 mm ክሳብ 2,5 cm (ካብ 0,2 in ክሳብ 1 in)1

ዝለዓለ ቅልጣፈ

ኣስታት 0,27 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,17 ማይል/ሰዓት)

ኣብ መሬት, ግምት

እንታይ ይበልዕ?

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

ስእሊ Matabele ant — Matabele ant። ስእሊ፦ Jonghyun Park። CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ

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

ሓይሊ መርዚ

ምንዳፋት

መርዚ ብመንደፊ እዩ ዝወጽእ።

ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?

ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።

ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?

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

እንተ ነዲፉ

ነቲ ምንዳፋት ሕጸቦን ኣዝሕሎን።
እቲ ሰብ ጸገም ምስትንፋስ፣ ሕበጥ ገጽ ወይ ጎሮሮ እንተ ኣለዎ፣ ወይ ኣእምሮኡ ክስሕት ከም ዝቐረበ እንተ ተሰምዖ፣ ህጹጽ ኣለርጂ እዩ፦ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል።

ኩሉ ግዜ ቀዳምነት ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት ደውል (112፣ 000፣ 911)። እዚ ሓፈሻዊ መምርሒ ቀዳማይ ረድኤት እዩ፣ ሕክምናዊ ምኽሪ ኣይኮነን። መሰረታት ቀዳማይ ረድኤት

ብድሕንነት ጽናሕ

ንዘገዳም እንስሳ ፈጺምካ ኣይትተንክፎ፣ ኣይትሓዞ ወይ ኣይተሕርቖ፣ ንእሽቶ እንተ ኾነ እውን፣ ደቂሱ ወይ ሞይቱ እንተ መሰለ እውን።
ቦታ ሃቦ። እንተ ረኺብካዮ፣ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ቀስ ኢልካ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ፣ ናብ መገዱ ድማ ይኺድ ሕደጎ።
ሓደ እንተ ነዲፉካ፦ ህዱእ ኹን፣ ከይተንቀሳቐስካ ጽናሕ፣ ናብ ቁጽሪ ህጹጽ ረድኤት (112፣ 000፣ 911) ደውል ወይ ብቕልጡፍ ናብ ሆስፒታል ኪድ። ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ዘክር፣ ስእሊ ይሕግዝ።

ንዓኻ ከጥቅዕ ኣይደልን እዩ። መርዙ ዝጥቀመሉ መግቢ ንምሓዝ ወይ ንርእሱ ንምክልኻል እዩ፣ ምሕባእ ድማ ኣዝዩ ይመርጽ። ብዛዕባ ድሕንነት ተወሳኺ

ኣበይ ኣብ ዓለም?

ኣፍሪቃ እስያ ኤውሮጳ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ደቡብ ኣመሪካ ኣውስትራልያን ኦሽያንያን

ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ክንደይ ይነውሕ?

ኣስታት ከም መሓዝ ወረቐት ይነውሕ

Matabele ant ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?

ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።

ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?

ቀንዲ-ኣውጣ ናይ ጀርዲን ኣስታት 0,05 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,03 mph)

Matabele ant ኣስታት 0,27 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,17 mph)

ጎብየ ኣስታት 0,3 ኪ.ሜ/ሰዓት (0,19 mph)

ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ

ሓቅታት

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

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

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

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

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

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

ንክኢላታት መርዚ

ሳይንሳዊ ስም: Megaponera analis
ጉጅለ: ጻጽዕታት
ስድራ ቤት: Formicidae2
ቅደም ሰዓብ: Hymenoptera
ክፍለ ዓለማት: ኣፍሪቃ
ህጻናት: 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
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: 2 / 5: ዘቐንዚ3

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Megaponera (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Megaponera analis (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
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