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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica
Ka ga leina: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Dinotshe, diwasepe le dihonete Go tlhabaE ja: Dikhukhwane
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

The Mexican honey wasp is a small social wasp that lives in colonies and builds large paper nests. It is one of the few wasps that makes honey, and it helps pollinate avocado flowers. It lives from Panama through Central America and Mexico, and in parts of Arizona and Texas.1

E tshela kwa
From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1
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Gae
It builds its nest in the canopy of a shrub or tree, often 1 to 9 m above the ground, and the nest is well hidden by leaves. Nests are often reported in suburban areas close to people's homes.1
Boleele
7 mm go ya go 9 mm (0,3 in go ya go 0,4 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 20 km/h (12 mph)
Go fofa, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It hunts the psyllid Diaphorina citri in tree shoots, sucking its body fluids and sometimes eating the whole insect. It also eats weevil larvae and moth larvae.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Mexican honey wasp
Mexican honey wasp. Setshwantsho: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Alternating bands of yellow and black across the abdomen (the rear part of the body).1
  • Small, with a body length of 7 to 9 mm.1
  • Abdomen can be almost as wide as it is long.1
  • Paper nests 40 to 50 cm across, with a rough, brown or grey, non-glossy surface like cardboard.1
  • Queens have a dark reddish-brown abdomen.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.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.

Fa e tlhaba

  • Ntsha lemao la notshe ka go le kgwaratla, mme o tsidifatse lefelo leo.
  • 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 mme o dirise pene ya gagwe ya adrenaline fa a na le yone.

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

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Mexican honey wasp e ka nna 9 mm ka boleele (0,4 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)
e nnye mo e ka nnang mo lenaleng la gagoe ka fofa go kgabaganya lebala lotlhe la kgwele ya dinao ka metsotswana e le 19

Mexican honey wasp 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 is one of only a few insects besides bees that make and store their own honey.1

2

A single nest can house anywhere from 3,500 to 18,700 wasps.1

3

In Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico, the Popoloca people eat its honey and larvae, harvesting them when the moon is between its last quarter and waning gibbous.1

4

It helps pollinate avocados, carrying avocado pollen on its hairy head, thorax and legs.1

5

Scientists have studied it as a natural control for Diaphorina citri, a pest that spreads citrus greening disease.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Brachygastra mellifica
Setlhopha
Dinotshe, diwasepe le dihonete
Lelapa
Vespidae2
Lekoko
Hymenoptera
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Brachygastra mellifica (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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