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Florida harvester ant

Pogonomyrmex badius

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Mga tusokKinakain: Kaunti sa lahat

Panganib sa tao: MasakitTalagang masakit, pero halos hindi kailanman malala.

The Florida harvester ant is a relatively large ant that lives in the sandy scrub and coastal areas of Florida and the Atlantic coast of the eastern United States. It is the only Pogonomyrmex harvester ant found on the US east coast. Its sting is painful and highly toxic, but the ant is shy and rarely stings unless it is trapped against skin.1

Nakatira sa

Florida and the Atlantic coastal plain of the eastern United States1

Hilagang Amerika

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It nests in well-drained sandy soils in Florida scrub, xeric shrublands, grasslands, woodlands and intact coastal dunes. It prefers open sandy ground with sparse plants that gets full sun, so people are most likely to see its nest mounds in these open sandy areas.1

Haba

6.3 mm hanggang 1.2 cm (0.2 in hanggang 0.5 in)1

Pinakamataas na bilis

mga 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph)

Sa lupa, tantiya lang

Ano ang kinakain nito?

It eats mainly seeds and insects. Workers prefer protein-rich insect prey over seeds, but seeds wider than 1 to 1.4 mm are too big for workers to crack open.1

Litrato ng Florida harvester ant — Florida harvester ant. Litrato: Judy Gallagher. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Paano ito makikilala

A relatively large harvester ant. Workers range from 6.35 mm to 9.52 mm long.1
The nest has a flat mound with no plants growing around it, decorated with bits of debris and charred plant matter.1
Queens and the largest workers, called majors, have disproportionately large heads.1
It is a highly active ant that is out during the day.1

Lakas ng kamandag

Mga tusok

Lumalabas ang kamandag sa pamamagitan ng pantusok.

Ano ang epekto ng kamandag nito?

Its stinger delivers a potent, painful neurotoxic venom, which attacks the nerves. The venom is very toxic: in laboratory tests on mice, the dose that killed half the mice (the LD50) was 0.42 micrograms per gram of body weight, which is comparable to the most toxic snake venoms. Each sting delivers only a small amount of venom.1

Gaano ito kapanganib sa tao?

Panganib sa tao: MasakitTalagang masakit, pero halos hindi kailanman malala.

Dozens of stings are needed to cause potential harm to a healthy adult. The ant is docile and reluctant to sting unless forced to, usually when it is trapped against the skin.1

Ano ang ginagawa nito kapag natatakot?

It stings when it is trapped against the skin, and is otherwise reluctant to sting.1

Kung tumusok ito

Hugasan at palamigin ang mga tusok.
Kung nahihirapang huminga ang tao, namamaga ang mukha o lalamunan, o parang hihimatayin, ito ay emergency sa allergy: tawagan ang numero pang-emergency.

Laging tawagan muna ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911). Ito ay pangkalahatang gabay sa pangunang lunas, hindi payong medikal. Mga batayan ng pangunang lunas

Mag-ingat

Huwag kailanman hawakan, hulihin o asarin ang ligaw na hayop, kahit maliit, at kahit mukha itong tulog o patay.
Bigyan ito ng espasyo. Kung makasalubong ka ng isa, manatiling kalmado, dahan-dahang umatras at hayaan itong umalis.
Kung tusukin ka ng isa: manatiling kalmado, huwag gumalaw, tawagan ang numero pang-emergency (112, 000, 911) o pumunta agad sa ospital. Tandaan ang itsura nito, makakatulong ang litrato.

Hindi ka nito hinahabol. Ginagamit nito ang kamandag para manghuli ng pagkain o ipagtanggol ang sarili, at mas gusto pa nitong magtago. Higit pa tungkol sa pag-iingat

Saan sa mundo?

Aprika Asya Europa Hilagang Amerika Timog Amerika Australia at Oceania

Gaano ito kalaki?

Gaano ito kahaba?

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Gaano kalaki si Florida harvester ant kumpara sa IYO?

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Gaano ito kabilis?

Isang suso sa hardin mga 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

Florida harvester ant mga 0.16 km/h (0.1 mph)

Isang pagong mga 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

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Mga fact

Its stinger is barbed. When it stings, the stinger and venom sac can stay stuck in the skin and keep pumping venom, and the ant dies because its insides are damaged when the stinger is pulled out.1

Mature nests are very deep, usually 2.5 to 3.0 metres underground, with seeds stored in large flat granaries about 40 to 100 cm below the surface.1

Unlike most harvester ants, this species often moves its entire nest once a year, relocating about 4 to 10 metres along an established foraging trail.1

A colony must reach about 700 or more workers before it becomes sexually mature and starts producing winged reproductives.1

Mating takes place on the ground. Males fly in from other nests to mate with queens on the surface of the parent nest, while hundreds of workers swarm around the nest.1

Some ants can be infected by a parasitic fungus, Myrmicinosporidium durum, which turns the ant's outer body a near black colour.1

Para sa mga eksperto sa kamandag

Pangalang siyentipiko: Pogonomyrmex badius
Grupo: Mga langgam
Pamilya: Formicidae2
Ayos: Hymenoptera
Mga kontinente: Hilagang Amerika
Mga sanggol: A colony starts when a newly mated queen founds a new nest. She does not feed outside the nest, relying on her fat reserves and wing muscles to raise her brood.1
Panganib sa tao: 2 / 5: Masakit3

Saan galing ang mga fact

Pogonomyrmex badius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Pogonomyrmex badius (iNaturalist): mga pangalan at klasipikasyon.
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