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Giant water bug

Lethocerus americanus

Ka ga leina: Its nicknames come from its habits: 'toe biter' for its painful bite and 'electric light bug' for being drawn to lights at night.1

E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.

Diboko le dikhukhwane

Go lomaE ja: Nama

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

The giant water bug is a large, flat-bodied insect that lives in ponds, marshes and slow streams. It hunts other animals, including small fish and frogs, and it can give a painful bite if handled. It is found in southern Canada and the United States.1

E tshela kwa

Southern Canada and the United States, north of 35°N. Other Lethocerus species live further south.1

Amerika Bokone

Gae

It lives in ponds, marshes, and on the edges of lakes and slow-moving streams and creeks. Adults may fly at night and be attracted to electric lights.1

Boleele

5 cm go ya go 6 cm (2 in go ya go 2,4 in)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Go thuma, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

Adults and young eat other insects, small crustaceans such as crabs and crayfish, tadpoles, frogs, snails and small fish. It grabs prey with its front legs and injects digestive toxins through a retractable proboscis like a mosquito's. Several bugs have been seen hunting and sharing the same prey.1

Setshwantsho sa Giant water bug — Giant water bug. Setshwantsho: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Adults are about 5–6 cm long.1
It has natural camouflage that helps it hide in the water.1
It swims using its hind legs.1
Its front pair of legs is used to grab and hold prey.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It is often confused with Benacus griseus, which can be told apart by grooves on its front femora (the thick upper parts of the front legs) that fit the tibiae when folded. It is very similar to L. uhleri.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

The bug injects digestive toxins into its prey through its proboscis. It lets the prey digest for 10–15 minutes before it eats.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 bite is painful and may happen if the bug is handled or disturbed. It prefers to avoid people rather than confront them.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When disturbed, it first tries to escape or play dead, then raises its front legs and hind end in a fighting stance, and may latch on and bite.1

Fa e loma

Ya meriri e e tlhabang ya diboko: e tlose ka theipi e e kgomarelang, morago o tlhatswe letlalo. O se ka wa gotlha.
Fa e lomile: tlhatswa le go tsidifatsa. Batla thuso ya bongaka fa motho a ikutlwa a sa siama kgotsa a tswa madi bonolo.

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 loma: 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?

boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 2 mo moleng

Giant water bug 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)

Giant water bug e ka nna 0,9 km/h (0,56 mph)

Motho yo o thumang e ka nna 3 km/h (1,9 mph)

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

It breathes air trapped under its wings, using two snorkel-like tubes at the back of its abdomen.1

Several bugs may hunt together and share the same prey.1

Few young survive to adulthood, because adults eat other nymphs and other predators also hunt them.1

It can be attracted to electric lights while flying at night, which gives it the name electric light bug.1

Adults survive winter by burrowing under mud and leaf litter.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: It is a 'toe biter' that goes looking for people to bite.

Nnete: It prefers to avoid humans. It bites mainly when it is handled or disturbed.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Lethocerus americanus
Setlhopha: Diboko le dikhukhwane
Lelapa: Belostomatidae2
Lekoko: Hemiptera
Dikontinente: Amerika Bokone
Masea: Eggs are laid on plants at the water's edge and may be guarded by an adult. Nymphs hatch about two weeks later, and a female may lay about 150 or more eggs in her lifetime.1
Kotsi go batho: 2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Lethocerus americanus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Lethocerus americanus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
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