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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Red-spotted assassin bug
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Red-spotted assassin bug

Platymeris rhadamanthus
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 red-spotted assassin bug is a true bug with a black body and orange or red spots on its wings. It lives in open areas across southern and eastern Africa. It is venomous, and its sting is painful, similar to a hornet's.1

E tshela kwa
Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zanzibar1
Aforika
Gae
It prefers open areas with only a small amount of tree cover. The orange colour form has been kept as a pet.1
Boleele
3,8 cm go ya go 4 cm (1,5 in go ya go 1,6 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 0,7 km/h (0,44 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It is a nocturnal predator that feeds on small invertebrates, mainly rhinoceros beetles. It uses its needle-like mouthparts to suck the juices out of its prey.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Red-spotted assassin bug
Red-spotted assassin bug. Setshwantsho: Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Body is black with orange or red spots on the front part of the wings.1
  • Legs are covered with short hair, and each thigh (femur) has a red band across it.1
  • Adults reach about 3.8 to 4 cm long.1
  • Orange and red colour forms look different but share the same body features.1

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: The orange colour form was once sold in the pet trade as Platymeris sp. "Mombo". It is now known to be a colour form of this same species, not a separate animal.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go loma

Botlhole bo tswa ka meno a yone fa e loma.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

It is a venomous animal that injects venom when it stings. Its sting causes pain comparable to that of a hornet.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.

Its sting is painful, comparable to that of a hornet.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?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Red-spotted assassin bug e ka nna 4 cm ka boleele (1,6 in)Kelipi ya pampiri e ka nna 3 cm (1,2 in)Founu e e botlhale e ka nna 15 cm (5,9 in)
e ka nna boleele jo bo lekanang le jwa kelipi ya pampiri

Red-spotted assassin 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?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

Rhinoceros beetles are its main prey, though it also eats other small invertebrates.1

2

Its mouthparts are needle-like, designed for sucking juices out of other insects.1

3

It is a nocturnal predator, so it hunts mainly at night.1

4

The orange and red colour forms are the same species, with the same body features, including the male and female genitalia.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Platymeris rhadamanthus
Setlhopha
Diboko le dikhukhwane
Lelapa
Reduviidae2
Lekoko
Hemiptera
Dikontinente
Aforika
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Platymeris rhadamanthus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Platymeris rhadamanthus (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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