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Black-banded jumper ant

Myrmecia nigrocincta
Ka ga leina: The name jumper ant refers to its ability to leap from one spot to another.1
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Ditshoswane Go tlhabaE ja: Bonnye jwa sengwe le sengwe
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

The black-banded jumper ant is a large ant that can leap up to 10 centimetres, which is far above its own body length. It lives in eastern Australia, including suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane. Its sting is painful and can cause serious allergic reactions in some people, so it is worth knowing how to recognise it.1

E tshela kwa
Eastern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia1
Australia le Oceania
Gae
It nests in sandy soil, often under a small mound that looks like a molehill, and hides the nest with twigs, leaves and gravel. Nests are found beside a clump of grass or bush, or at the base of a tree. It prefers dry to semi-dry forests and woodlands, mostly on the coastal plains, and has been found in suburbs such as Heathcote and Como in Sydney.1
Boleele
1,3 cm go ya go 1,9 cm (0,5 in go ya go 0,7 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It eats other insects, including caterpillars and spiders, and also drinks honey water. It hunts on plants and trees, and sometimes on the ground. It has been seen preying on the larvae of imperial hairstreak butterflies, even jumping while carrying them.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Black-banded jumper ant
Black-banded jumper ant. Setshwantsho: Steve Kerr. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Mostly black and orange-red in colour.1
  • The gaster (rear body), head, legs and mesonotum (middle back) are black, while the pronotum, propodeum, petiole and post-petiole are red.1
  • Mandibles (jaws) are either black or yellow, depending on where the ant lives.1
  • Workers are 13 to 15 mm long, males 16 to 17 mm, and queens 17 to 19 mm.1
  • It can leap 76 to 102 mm by suddenly extending its middle and hind legs.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It is often confused with other Myrmecia species. It can be told apart by its bi-coloured thorax and post-petiole, which are yellowish-red and black, and by its yellowish-red node.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its sting is highly venomous and causes intense burning pain. The burning can last for many days, and the sting itches. If the sting is left untreated, it may develop into an ulcer (an open sore). The venom of a close relative, M. pilosula, is among the strongest of all ants and contains acids, enzymes and phospholipases.1

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

A 2011 study of Australian ant allergies found that 265 of 376 participants reacted to the stings of several Myrmecia species, which can cause anaphylaxis (a severe, whole-body allergic reaction). Of these, 15 reacted to this species, while 176 reacted to M. pilosula. The study concluded that Myrmecia species were among four main groups of Australian ants responsible for anaphylaxis.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When threatened, workers and scouts quickly defend the nest and may react aggressively even to a shadow crossing it, bursting out in short hops to attack.1

Fa e tlhaba

  • Tlhatswa le go tsidifatsa mafelo a a tlhabilweng.
  • Fa motho a hema ka bothata, sefatlhego kgotsa mometso o ruruga, kgotsa a ikutlwa a tla idibala, ke tshoganyetso ya aletshi: leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Black-banded jumper ant e ka nna 1,9 cm ka boleele (0,7 in)Thoro ya raese e ka nna 7 mm (0,3 in)Ledi la euro e le 1 e ka nna 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
khutshwane go feta monwana wa gago o monnye

Black-banded jumper ant e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

It can jump between 76 and 102 mm, which is far more than its own body length.1

2

Colonies can continue without a queen, because workers can lay fertile eggs.1

3

It often forages in trees, where it visits the flowers of some eucalyptus and senna plants and may help pollinate them.1

4

A worker can live for over a year, with a maximum of about 1.3 years.1

5

Its nests are camouflaged with twigs, leaves, gravel and other plant material.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Myrmecia nigrocincta
Setlhopha
Ditshoswane
Lelapa
Formicidae2
Lekoko
Hymenoptera
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
Worker-laid eggs can be reared into males in colonies with no queen. Colonies typically have between 400 and 1200 individuals.1
Dingwaga tsa botshelo
e ka nna dingwaga di le 1,31
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Myrmecia nigrocincta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Myrmecia nigrocincta (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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