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Black-banded jumper ant

Myrmecia nigrocincta

Ci turam: The name jumper ant refers to its ability to leap from one spot to another.1

Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.

Fourmi yi

Dafay jamDafay lekk: Tuuti ci lépp

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The black-banded jumper ant is a large ant that can leap up to 10 centimetres, which is far above its own body length. It lives in eastern Australia, including suburbs of Sydney and Brisbane. Its sting is painful and can cause serious allergic reactions in some people, so it is worth knowing how to recognise it.1

Dafay dund ci

Eastern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia1

Ostarali ak Oseyani

Kër

It nests in sandy soil, often under a small mound that looks like a molehill, and hides the nest with twigs, leaves and gravel. Nests are found beside a clump of grass or bush, or at the base of a tree. It prefers dry to semi-dry forests and woodlands, mostly on the coastal plains, and has been found in suburbs such as Heathcote and Como in Sydney.1

Guddaay

1,3 cm ba 1,9 cm (0,5 in ba 0,7 in)1

Gaawaay bu gën a kawe

lu tollu ci 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Ci suuf, xalaat

Lan lay lekk?

It eats other insects, including caterpillars and spiders, and also drinks honey water. It hunts on plants and trees, and sometimes on the ground. It has been seen preying on the larvae of imperial hairstreak butterflies, even jumping while carrying them.1

Fotoy Black-banded jumper ant — Black-banded jumper ant. Foto: Steve Kerr. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

Mostly black and orange-red in colour.1
The gaster (rear body), head, legs and mesonotum (middle back) are black, while the pronotum, propodeum, petiole and post-petiole are red.1
Mandibles (jaws) are either black or yellow, depending on where the ant lives.1
Workers are 13 to 15 mm long, males 16 to 17 mm, and queens 17 to 19 mm.1
It can leap 76 to 102 mm by suddenly extending its middle and hind legs.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It is often confused with other Myrmecia species. It can be told apart by its bi-coloured thorax and post-petiole, which are yellowish-red and black, and by its yellowish-red node.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

Its sting is highly venomous and causes intense burning pain. The burning can last for many days, and the sting itches. If the sting is left untreated, it may develop into an ulcer (an open sore). The venom of a close relative, M. pilosula, is among the strongest of all ants and contains acids, enzymes and phospholipases.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

A 2011 study of Australian ant allergies found that 265 of 376 participants reacted to the stings of several Myrmecia species, which can cause anaphylaxis (a severe, whole-body allergic reaction). Of these, 15 reacted to this species, while 176 reacted to M. pilosula. The study concluded that Myrmecia species were among four main groups of Australian ants responsible for anaphylaxis.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When threatened, workers and scouts quickly defend the nest and may react aggressively even to a shadow crossing it, bursting out in short hops to attack.1

Su jamee

Raxas te sedal fa mu jam.
Su nit ki am jafe-jafe ci noyyi, kanamam walla putam funki, walla mu bëgg a xëm, allergie bu metti la (urgence): woo sa nimerob urgence.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Fan ci àddina?

Afrig Asi Tugal Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar Amerig gu Bëj-saalum Ostarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

gën a gàtt sa baaraam bu ndaw

Black-banded jumper ant ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

Ab escargot ci tóokër lu tollu ci 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Black-banded jumper ant lu tollu ci 0,27 km/h (0,17 mph)

Ab mbonaat lu tollu ci 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

baax na xam

Xibaar

It can jump between 76 and 102 mm, which is far more than its own body length.1

Colonies can continue without a queen, because workers can lay fertile eggs.1

It often forages in trees, where it visits the flowers of some eucalyptus and senna plants and may help pollinate them.1

A worker can live for over a year, with a maximum of about 1.3 years.1

Its nests are camouflaged with twigs, leaves, gravel and other plant material.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam: Myrmecia nigrocincta
Mbooloo: Fourmi yi
Njaboot: Formicidae2
Toftal: Hymenoptera
Kontinaa yi: Ostarali ak Oseyani
Liir yi: Worker-laid eggs can be reared into males in colonies with no queen. Colonies typically have between 400 and 1200 individuals.1
Diiru dund: lu tollu ci 1,3 at1
Musiba ci nit: 2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

Myrmecia nigrocincta (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Myrmecia nigrocincta (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
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