Thistledown velvet ant
The thistledown velvet ant is a mid-sized member of the Dasymutilla genus, a group known as velvet ants. Its females have no wings and live in hot deserts in the south-western United States and northern Mexico. Females can deliver a very painful sting, so it is best to leave them alone.1

ብኸመይ ትፈልጦ
- Only the females are wingless.1
- It is mid-sized for a velvet ant, larger than some of the smallest species but smaller than some of the largest.1
- Females are camouflaged. They look like the fruit of the Creosotebush rather than having the bright warning colours seen in many other velvet ants.1
ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝደናገረሉ፦ Unlike the orange Dasymutilla species found in the same habitat, this species does not use bright orange or warning colours. Its camouflage helps it blend into the desert plants around it.1
ሓይሊ መርዚ
መርዚ ብመንደፊ እዩ ዝወጽእ።
ንሰባት ክንደይ ሓደገኛ እዩ?
ሓደጋ ንሰባት: ዘቐንዚብኣዝዩ ከቐንዚ ይኽእል፣ ግን ዳርጋ ፈጺሙ ከቢድ ኣይኮነን።Females can deliver a very painful sting when threatened. Its sting is more powerful than those of most smaller velvet ants, but weaker than those of most larger ones.1
ምስ ፈርሀ እንታይ ይገብር?
Females use their sting to defend themselves when threatened.1
እንተ ነዲፉ
- ናይ ንህቢ መንደፊ ፍሒቕካ ኣውጽኦ፣ ነቲ ቦታ ድማ ኣዝሕሎ።
- 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፣ እንተ ኣለዎ ድማ ናይ ኣድሬናሊን መርፍኡ (ኣድሬናሊን ፔን) ተጠቐም።
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
ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ክንደይ ይነውሕ?
ካብ ንእሽቶ ኣጻብዕካ ዝሓጽርThistledown velvet ant ምሳኻ ክወዳደር ከሎ ክንደይ ዓቢ እዩ?
ኣብ ብራውዘርካ ዝስራሕ ሕሳብ ጥራይ። ዋላ ሓደ ነገር ኣይዕቀብን ናብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ድማ ኣይለኣኽን።
ክንደይ ቅልጡፍ እዩ?
ሓቅታት
Its females are camouflaged to look like Creosotebush fruit, instead of using the bright warning colours common to other velvet ants.1
Its colouring seems to be mainly an adaptation to hot desert conditions, not a defence against predators.1
Its internal and external body temperatures are lower than those of orange Dasymutilla species living in the same habitat.1
Its sting is stronger than those of most smaller velvet ants, but weaker than those of most larger ones.1
Like other velvet ants, only the wingless females have the sting used for defence.1
ሓቅታት ካበይ ይመጹ
- Dasymutilla gloriosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Dasymutilla gloriosa (iNaturalist): ኣስማትን ምምዳብን።
- Venom Wiki: ደረጃ ሓደጋ፣ ልሙድ ዓቐንን ግምት ቅልጣፈን ናትና እዮም። ብኸመይ ከም እነውጽኦም ርአ፦ ሓደጋ ብኸመይ ንግምግም.
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