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Green-head ant

Rhytidoponera metallica
Ci turam: The scientific name metallica refers to the ant's metallic look, which ranges from green to purple.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 green-head ant is a small, shiny ant that lives in Australia. It has a metallic colour that can look green, purple or reddish-violet. It is one of the most widespread insects in Australia, and it can give a painful, venomous sting.1

Dafay dund ci
Found in almost every Australian state except Tasmania. Introduced to New Zealand.1
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Kër
Green-head ants live in deserts, heath, open forests, woodland and urban areas. They are abundant in lawns and gardens in cities. They nest underground below logs, stones, twigs and shrubs, in decayed wooden stumps, and sometimes in termite mounds.1
Guddaay
5 mm ba 7 mm (0,2 in ba 0,3 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Green-head ants hunt arthropods and small insects. They also collect sweet substances such as honeydew from sap-sucking insects.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Green-head ant
Green-head ant. Foto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Measures 5 to 7 mm long.1
  • Metallic colour that varies by region, from green to purple or reddish-violet.1
  • Hard, heavily armoured body with a single-segmented waist.1
  • Queens and workers look similar and differ mainly in size. Males are the smallest and look black and dark.1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Residents of northern Queensland use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), so the two can be confused by name. The name 'green-head ant' is more specific.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The sting is painful and venomous. It can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, in people who are sensitive to it.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

The sting can cause anaphylactic shock in sensitive people. Ordinary stings are described as painful.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

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Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Green-head 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

Green-head ant ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

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

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Xibaar

1

Green-head ants are among the first insects to appear in burnt-off areas, arriving once the embers have stopped smouldering.1

2

Workers can reproduce with winged males, so queens are rarely produced in colonies.1

3

They are useful to farmers because they prey on agricultural pests such as beetles, moths and termites.1

4

They help plants by scattering and eating seeds from a variety of species, which plays an important role in seed dispersal.1

5

The short-beaked echidna and a number of bird species prey on them.1

6

The ant was introduced to New Zealand, where it was first seen in 1959, probably on cargoes of timber.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The name 'green ant' always means the green-head ant.

Dëgg: In northern Queensland, residents use the name 'green ant' for the green-tree ant, so the shortened name can cause confusion.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Rhytidoponera metallica
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Formicidae2
Toftal
Hymenoptera
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Musiba ci nit
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Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Green-head ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Rhytidoponera metallica (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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