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Matabele ant

Megaponera analis

Ka ga leina: The common name Matabele ant comes from the Matabele people, fierce warriors of the 1800s, because of the ant's organised raiding. The scientific name analis is Latin for 'anus-related', and it refers to the strong smell of its chemicals.1

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

Ditshoswane

Go tlhabaE ja: Nama

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

The Matabele ant is one of the largest ants in the world, and it hunts termites in raiding columns. It lives across much of sub-Saharan Africa. It is known for its teamwork, including rescuing and caring for injured nestmates.1

E tshela kwa

Sub-Saharan Africa, from about 25° S to 12° N1

Aforika

Gae

Nests are mostly underground, up to 0.7 metres deep, and are often found next to trees, rocks or abandoned termite hills. Some nests also contain frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps.1

Boleele

5 mm go ya go 2,5 cm (0,2 in go ya go 1 in)1

Lebelo le le kwa godimo

e ka nna 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela

E ja eng?

They are termite-eating ants that raid termite feeding sites, focusing on termites from the subfamily Macrotermitinae. A raid usually involves 200 to 500 ants, which break open the termites' protective layer and rush into the galleries to kill them.1

Setshwantsho sa Matabele ant — Matabele ant. Setshwantsho: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

Worker ants are 5 to 18 millimetres long, and some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres.1
Larger workers make up to half of the colony.1
Minor workers have less hair and smoother jaws (mandibles) than major workers.1
They move in a column-like line when raiding termite sites.1
Their glands release chemicals that smell like human faeces.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.

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When attacked by driver ants outside the nest, they check each other's legs and antennae and remove any enemy ants clinging to them.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 ka nna boleele jo bo lekanang le jwa kelipi ya pampiri

Matabele 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)

Matabele ant e ka nna 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

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

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

They are the first recorded non-human species to treat the wounds of other individuals consistently, by licking them for several minutes.1

Injured ants send out a chemical call for help, and nestmates carry them back to the nest. This reduces the mortality rate of injured ants from 32% to close to zero.1

Injured ants that have lost one or two legs adapt to walking on four or five legs and can reach running speeds similar to healthy ants.1

Some individuals reach up to 25 millimetres, which makes this one of the world's largest ants.1

Frogs of the species Phrynomantis microps are sometimes found in their nests, and these frogs produce a skin secretion that calms the ants' aggression.1

Scout ants lead raids from the front and lay pheromone trails, so the other ants can find their way back to the nest.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense: Megaponera analis
Setlhopha: Ditshoswane
Lelapa: Formicidae2
Lekoko: Hymenoptera
Dikontinente: Aforika
Masea: The nest chamber holds the eggs, larvae, cocoons and the queen. New colonies are thought to form when a new queen leaves with some workers from an established colony.1
Kotsi go batho: 2 / 5: E botlhoko3

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