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European fire ant

Myrmica rubra
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 European fire ant is a small red ant that lives across much of Europe and Asia, and has spread to parts of North America. It nests under stones, under fallen trees and in soil, including in meadows and gardens. It is worth knowing about because it will defend its nest aggressively and has a stinger.1

Dafay dund ci
Europe, from Portugal to East Siberia and northern Greece to the forest-tundra zone; introduced to parts of North America1
Tugal, Asi
Kër
Lives under stones and fallen trees, and in soil. It is very common in meadows and gardens in Europe and the UK, so people often meet it there.1
Guddaay
3,5 mm ba 7 mm (0,1 in ba 0,3 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,11 km/h (0,07 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Feeds on honeydew produced by aphids and on many kinds of insects and other small invertebrates. It also eats pollen, which is rarely recorded in ants of the temperate zone. Workers search the area around the nest for plant and animal food.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy European fire ant
European fire ant. Foto: Even Dankowicz. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Mainly red in colour, with a slightly darker head1
  • Workers are yellowish brown, 3.5 to 5.5 mm long1
  • Smooth, shiny frontal triangle on the head1
  • Queens are a little larger, 5.5 to 7.0 mm long, with a larger thorax1
  • Males have a darker body than queens and workers1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Very similar to M. ruginodis. M. rubra is common in southern England and becomes rarer further north, whereas M. ruginodis is common all over the UK, including northern Scotland.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

These ants are aggressive. They often attack rather than run away, and will attack any creature that disturbs their nest. They are less aggressive than the red imported fire ant.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

Attacks any creature that disturbs its nest, rather than running away.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?

AfrigAsiTugalAmerig gu Bëj-gànnaarAmerig gu Bëj-saalumOstarali ak Oseyani

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

European fire ant guddaayam lu tollu ci 7 mm (0,3 in)Ab peppu ceeb lu tollu ci 7 mm (0,3 in)Ab pees bu 1 euro lu tollu ci 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
tuuti ba mën a toog ci sa wewu baaraam

European fire ant ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

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

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Colonies can have up to one hundred queens in a single nest.1

2

Queens can live up to fifteen years.1

3

Workers pick up dead nest-mates and carry them up to 3 metres away from the nest.1

4

The larvae of the Alcon blue and scarce large blue butterflies use this ant as their main host.1

5

Nuptial flights in Europe usually take place from late July to mid-August, when hundreds of young queens and males fly to mate. The males die afterwards, and the queens shed their wings to start new colonies.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The smaller queens, once thought to be a separate social parasite called M. microrubra, are a different species.

Dëgg: More recent DNA analysis shows they share a gene pool with the regular queens, so they are not a different species. They are a smaller queen caste (microgynes) that can also found their own colonies.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Myrmica rubra
Mbooloo
Fourmi yi
Njaboot
Formicidae2
Toftal
Hymenoptera
Kontinaa yi
Tugal, Asi
Liir yi
Queens gather together after their nuptial flight, form a nest and lay their eggs in it.1
Diiru dund
lu tollu ci 15 at1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Myrmica rubra (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Myrmica rubra (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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