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Large velvet ant

Mutilla europaea
Ci turam: The name "velvet ant" comes from the dense, velvet-like bristles (setae) that cover its body.1
Dafay metti rekkDafay metti, waaye du la lor bu bon.
Yamb, guêpe ak frelon Dafay jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Dafay mettiMën na metti lool, waaye lu bon du faral di am.

The large velvet ant is not really an ant. It is a wasp, and the females have no wings and look like fuzzy ants. It lives in parts of Europe, Asia and North Africa, in heaths, moors, grasslands and woodland. Its sting is painful, but it is not aggressive.1

Dafay dund ci
Most of Europe, east to China, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. In Great Britain, mainly the south and east, and recently as far north as Aberdeenshire.1
Tugal, Asi
Kër
It lives in heaths, moors, chalk grassland and woodland. In England it is most closely linked to lowland heaths, where females are often seen running across sandy paths.1
Guddaay
1,4 cm (0,6 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
The larvae are parasitoids that eat the pupae of bumblebees, and occasionally honeybees, inside the host nest. Adults feed on nectar, and on the honey stores of host bees.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Large velvet ant
Large velvet ant. Foto: Michael Knapp. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • Males are dark red on the tip of the mandibles (jaws) and on the thorax.1
  • The first and second segments of the abdomen have bands of long silver bristles.1
  • The tip of the abdomen and much of the body are covered in long black bristles.1
  • Females have a red mesonotum (the upper middle part of the thorax) and silver-spotted flanks along the abdomen.1
  • Some males are completely black, and colour varies between individuals.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. Its venom is much less toxic than the venom of a honeybee.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

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

The wasp is not aggressive and only stings people when handled. Its sting is painful but less toxic than a honeybee's.1

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

When threatened, it stridulates by rubbing a raised structure called the plectrum over ridges on its abdomen, which makes a sound.1

Su jamee

  • Xuufal dagu yamb bi ba mu génn, 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 te jëfandikoo stylo adrénaline bi mu am, su am.

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?

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Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Large velvet ant guddaayam lu tollu ci 1,4 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)
tuuti ba mën a toog ci sa wewu baaraam

Large velvet 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

Their thick, armoured skin is so strong that related species in North America have been reported to escape from the mouths of lizards and frogs.1

2

Females can sneak into the nests of paper wasps and steal their food stores, possibly because they can disguise their scent so the paper wasps cannot detect them.1

3

The size of the adult wasp depends partly on the size of its host: wasps raised in honeybees are smaller than those raised in bumblebees.1

4

Females are wingless, but males have wings.1

5

Males die soon after emerging in autumn, while females hibernate over winter, sometimes in the host nest or at the roots of low plants.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The nickname "cow killer" means the sting can kill cows.

Dëgg: The nickname is inappropriate. Its sting is painful, but its venom is much less toxic than a honeybee's, and it is not aggressive.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Mutilla europaea
Mbooloo
Yamb, guêpe ak frelon
Njaboot
Mutillidae2
Toftal
Hymenoptera
Kontinaa yi
Tugal, Asi
Liir yi
The female lays an egg into a bee cocoon, where the wasp larva feeds on the host pupa.1
Musiba ci nit
2 / 5: Dafay metti3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Mutilla europaea (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Mutilla europaea (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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