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Green-head ant

Rhytidoponera metallica

Ka ga leina: The scientific name metallica refers to the ant's metallic look, which ranges from green to purple.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 green-head ant is a small, shiny ant that lives in Australia. It has a metallic colour that can look green, purple or reddish-violet. It is one of the most widespread insects in Australia, and it can give a painful, venomous sting.1

E tshela kwa

Found in almost every Australian state except Tasmania. Introduced to New Zealand.1

Australia le Oceania

Gae

Green-head ants live in deserts, heath, open forests, woodland and urban areas. They are abundant in lawns and gardens in cities. They nest underground below logs, stones, twigs and shrubs, in decayed wooden stumps, and sometimes in termite mounds.1

Boleele

5 mm go ya go 7 mm (0,2 in go ya go 0,3 in)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

Green-head ants hunt arthropods and small insects. They also collect sweet substances such as honeydew from sap-sucking insects.1

Setshwantsho sa Green-head ant — Green-head ant. Setshwantsho: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Measures 5 to 7 mm long.1
Metallic colour that varies by region, from green to purple or reddish-violet.1
Hard, heavily armoured body with a single-segmented waist.1
Queens and workers look similar and differ mainly in size. Males are the smallest and look black and dark.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: Residents of northern Queensland use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), so the two can be confused by name. The name 'green-head ant' is more specific.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

The sting is painful and venomous. It can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, in people who are sensitive to it.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.

The sting can cause anaphylactic shock in sensitive people. Ordinary stings are described as painful.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

Green-head 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)

Green-head ant e ka nna 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

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

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

Green-head ants are among the first insects to appear in burnt-off areas, arriving once the embers have stopped smouldering.1

Workers can reproduce with winged males, so queens are rarely produced in colonies.1

They are useful to farmers because they prey on agricultural pests such as beetles, moths and termites.1

They help plants by scattering and eating seeds from a variety of species, which plays an important role in seed dispersal.1

The short-beaked echidna and a number of bird species prey on them.1

The ant was introduced to New Zealand, where it was first seen in 1959, probably on cargoes of timber.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: The name 'green ant' always means the green-head ant.

Nnete: In northern Queensland, residents use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant, so the shortened name can cause confusion.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Rhytidoponera metallica
Setlhopha: Ditshoswane
Lelapa: Formicidae2
Lekoko: Hymenoptera
Dikontinente: Australia le Oceania
Kotsi go batho: 2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

Green-head ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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