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European fire ant

Myrmica rubra

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 European fire ant is a small red ant that lives across much of Europe and Asia, and has spread to parts of North America. It nests under stones, under fallen trees and in soil, including in meadows and gardens. It is worth knowing about because it will defend its nest aggressively and has a stinger.1

E tshela kwa

Europe, from Portugal to East Siberia and northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone; introduced to parts of North America1

Yuropa, Asia

Gae

Lives under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. It is very common in meadows and gardens in Europe and the UK, so people often meet it there.1

Boleele

3,5 mm go ya go 7 mm (0,1 in go ya go 0,3 in)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

Feeds on honeydew produced by aphids and on many kinds of insects and other small invertebrates. It also eats pollen, which is rarely recorded in ants of the temperate zone. Workers search the area around the nest for plant and animal food.1

Setshwantsho sa European fire ant — European fire ant. Setshwantsho: Even Dankowicz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Mainly red in colour, with a slightly darker head1
Workers are yellowish brown, 3.5 to 5.5 mm long1
Smooth, shiny frontal triangle on the head1
Queens are a little larger, 5.5 to 7.0 mm long, with a larger thorax1
Males have a darker body than queens and workers1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Very similar to M. ruginodis. M. rubra is common in southern England and becomes rarer further north, whereas M. ruginodis is common all over the UK, including northern Scotland.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

E kotsi go le kae go batho?

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

These ants are aggressive. They often attack rather than run away, and will attack any creature that disturbs their nest. They are less aggressive than the red imported fire ant.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

Attacks any creature that disturbs its nest, rather than running away.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?

Aforika Asia Yuropa Amerika Bokone Amerika Borwa Australia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

e nnye mo e ka nnang mo lenaleng la gago

European fire 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?

Kgopa ya tshingwana e ka nna 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

European fire ant e ka nna 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)

Khudu e ka nna 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

Colonies can have up to one hundred queens in a single nest.1

Queens can live up to fifteen years.1

Workers pick up dead nest-mates and carry them up to 3 metres away from the nest.1

The larvae of the Alcon blue and scarce large blue butterflies use this ant as their main host.1

Nuptial flights in Europe usually take place from late July to mid-August, when hundreds of young queens and males fly to mate. The males die afterwards, and the queens shed their wings to start new colonies.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: The smaller queens, once thought to be a separate social parasite called M. microrubra, are a different species.

Nnete: More recent DNA analysis shows they share a gene pool with the regular queens, so they are not a different species. They are a smaller queen caste (microgynes) that can also found their own colonies.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Myrmica rubra
Setlhopha: Ditshoswane
Lelapa: Formicidae2
Lekoko: Hymenoptera
Dikontinente: Yuropa, Asia
Masea: Queens gather together after their nuptial flight, form a nest and lay their eggs in it.1
Dingwaga tsa botshelo: e ka nna dingwaga di le 151
Kotsi go batho: 2 / 5: E botlhoko3

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