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Jack jumper ant

Myrmecia pilosula
Ci turam: The specific name pilosula comes from the Latin word pilosa, meaning 'covered with soft hair'. The common name 'jack jumper' comes from its jumping motion.1
Soxla na doktoorLu néew la mu rey, waaye jam laaj na doktoor.
Fourmi yi Dafay jamDafay lekk: Gunóor
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

The jack jumper ant is a venomous ant native to Australia. It is most common in Tasmania and south-east mainland Australia, and it is known for jumping long distances when it is disturbed. Its sting is usually mild, but it is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to people.1

Dafay dund ci
Australia, mostly Tasmania and south-east mainland; widespread in most of Australia; not verified in the Northern Territory1
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Kër
Jack jumper ants live in open places such as gardens, lawns, pastures, woodlands and dry open forests, usually on fine gravel and sandy soil. In suburbs they build nests in rockeries, cracks in concrete walls and grass, and they are less common in urban areas.1
Guddaay
1,1 cm ba 1,6 cm (0,4 in ba 0,6 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,19 km/h (0,12 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
Jack jumper ants prey on small insects. They kill other insects by injecting venom through a barbless stinger. Their food also includes nectar.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Jack jumper ant
Jack jumper ant. Foto: Tony Eales. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Black or blackish-red body, sometimes with yellow or orange legs1
  • Antennae, lower legs and mandibles (jaws) are yellow or orange1
  • Workers are medium-sized, about 12 to 14 mm long1
  • Grey, short hair on the body, longer on the back part of the abdomen1
  • Leaps about 51 to 76 mm when disturbed, and forms mounds of gravel and soil as nests1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: Other Myrmecia ants, such as M. nigrocincta, also jump when disturbed, so jumping alone does not identify this species.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay jam

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci ab dag buy jam.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

The venom is unusually likely to cause allergy for an insect venom. In most people a sting causes only a mild reaction at the site. In people who are allergic, it can cause anaphylaxis, a severe whole-body reaction with a faster heart rate and falling blood pressure.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

Most stings cause only a mild local reaction, but the jack jumper is one of the few ants that can be dangerous to humans. The venom causes about 90% of ant allergies in Australia. In areas where it lives, up to 3% of people may be allergic, and about half of those can have anaphylaxis, which rarely leads to death. Between 1980 and 2000, four people died from anaphylaxis caused by jack jumper stings, all in Tasmania.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When disturbed, they become aggressive towards humans, and they can see and follow an intruder from about 1 m away.1

Su jamee

  • For people prone to severe allergic reactions, the treatment is allergen immunotherapy, also called desensitisation.1
  • 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

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Jack jumper ant guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,6 cm (0,6 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)
gën a gàtt sa baaraam bu ndaw

Jack jumper ant ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

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Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Their leaps are about 51 to 76 mm, which is a long jump for an ant of this size.1

2

They decorate their nests with seeds, soil, charcoal, stones, sticks and small dead invertebrates, which help trap the sun's warmth.1

3

William Morton Wheeler compared them to 'Lilliputian cavalry galloping to battle' when they were disturbed.1

4

Workers are gamergates, so they can reproduce with males whether or not a queen is present in the colony.1

5

Rove beetles of the genus Heterothops often live in jack jumper nests and raise their young there.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Myrmecia pilosula
Mbooloo
Fourmi yi
Njaboot
Formicidae2
Toftal
Hymenoptera
Kontinaa yi
Ostarali ak Oseyani
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Jack jumper ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Myrmecia pilosula (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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