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Trap-jaw ant

Odontomachus bauri
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.

Trap-jaw ants are small ants with jaws that snap shut faster than almost anything else in the animal kingdom. They live in tropical places from southern Costa Rica to South America and the Galapagos Islands, and they are one of the most common ants around homes and gardens in southern Brazil.1

E tshela kwa
Southern Costa Rica, tropical South America, the West Indies (except Cuba and the Bahamas), the Galapagos Islands and northern Mexico1
Amerika Bokone, Amerika Borwa
Gae
They are most often found in lowland areas, usually in tropical rainforests, though they tolerate dry conditions better than many related species. In gardens they nest under rocks, plant containers and vegetable residues, so people can meet them around homes.1
Boleele
1,2 cm (0,5 in)3
bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng jwa e e godileng
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)
Mo lefatsheng, kakanyo fela
E ja eng?
It is a generalist predator that usually spends its time below leaf litter. It catches prey such as worms, spiders, termites, ants, butterflies, flies and beetles, with its jaws stinging and paralysing prey or crushing it to death.1
Ka nnete!Setshwantsho sa Trap-jaw ant
Trap-jaw ant. Setshwantsho: unknown. CC0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • Its main feature is its dark brown colour.1
  • The head is 2.09–3.12 mm long.1
  • It has hairs on the first gastral tergum (a plate on the upper back of the abdomen), which stand up partly and are fairly even in length.1
  • Seen from the side, the petiolar node (a small segment between the body parts) is dome-shaped.1
  • Its mandibles (jaws) can open to about 180°.1

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

Its venom is thought to be mainly protein-based. The sting also releases a mixture of formic acid and protein, which may be highly toxic. In people, a sting usually causes burning at the site that fades within about an hour. Some people have a strong allergic reaction, with red, itchy, swollen patches on the skin and swollen eyelids.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 bites are not severe for humans, but they can cause an allergic reaction. One case described a young girl with a strong reaction that lasted about a week. Such reactions were noted in about 16% of ant bites.1

E dira eng fa e tshogile?

When its nest is disturbed, many workers make escape jumps, and if one lands on the intruder, workers start stinging it.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

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Trap-jaw ant e ka nna 1,2 cm ka boleele (0,5 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 gago

Trap-jaw 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?

go botlhokwa go itse

Dintlha

1

Its jaws can close within about 130 microseconds on average, roughly 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye.1

2

It can jump more than 20 times its body length in a single jaw-propelled leap.1

3

Its jaws can exert a peak force of about 300 times its own body weight.1

4

During an escape jump, it can launch itself about 7 cm off the ground and grab onto nearby plants.1

5

Its jaws have the second-fastest predatory movement in the animal kingdom, after the dracula ant.1

6

Its nests are usually small, with fewer than about 200 ants, and neighbouring nests do not fight when they are close together but are aggressive toward each other when more than 10 m apart.1

Mosenyi wa ditlhamane

Tlhamane: Trap-jaw ants sting in the same way as bees.

Nnete: They do not have stingers like bees. Their stings are retractable and not barbed, so they can be used again.1

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Odontomachus bauri
Setlhopha
Ditshoswane
Lelapa
Formicidae2
Lekoko
Hymenoptera
Dikontinente
Amerika Bokone, Amerika Borwa
Masea
The larvae go through three larval stages before moulting, and they do not spin a cocoon.1
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Odontomachus bauri (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Odontomachus bauri (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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